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The opening novel Cry Pilot followed a recruit with a secret drawn into a desperate war against lampreys, biological horrors created by the terra fixing process remaking a ruined Earth. ![]() “Joel Dane” is the pseudonym of an author of over 20 novels who launched an intriguing new military SF trilogy in August. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A chilling medieval ghost story, first written by a 15th-century monk and now retold by historian Dan Jones. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose. First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences. ![]() Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. It was dank, wet and gloomy he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire. One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. Published in a beautiful small-format hardback, perfect as a Halloween read or a Christmas gift. A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. ![]() ![]() Her book is beautifully summarising her impressions of the culture, of the history and the Moroccan people. Places she visited include Rabat, Fez, Moulay Idriss and Marrakech. This trip was the basis for her book "In Morocco", in which she documented her experience. Wharton was born during the Civil War her upbringing provided her with insights on the upper class, while her sense of humour and polished prose produced fiction that appealed to a large audience.Īt the end of the First World War Edith Wharton travelled to Morocco and explored the country for four weeks by military vehicle. She is the author of more than 40 volumes – novels, short stories, poetry, non-fiction – becoming the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Yale. With sometimes a bird’s song before dawn,Īnd always the call of the muezzin in the night.Įdith Wharton is one of the major figures in American literary history. 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Young teenager Julie Getty is devastated by the inexplicable murder of her parents in their home. What had she done, or what did she know? Robie is now a wanted man.īut it seems that he’s not the only one on the run. The Innocent – David Baldacci : Will Robie series #1īack in DC after successful missions in Edinburgh and Tangier, assassin Will Robie sees his latest assignment, to eliminate a US government employee, go badly wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is active in the writing community and is a member of Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. In her attempt to become an author, she attended the Robert McKee Story Seminar, and the Yale Writers Workshop. She established this when she was Association of Corporate Counsel President of the Georgia chapter. She is the founder of the “Women’s Initiative,” the signature female empowerment. Given her long career, she has become an accomplished leader and presenter of ideas. In her previous job as a corporate attorney, she worked in the legal departments of several Fortune 100 companies in the United States. Wanda is a corporate attorney but she is best known for her debut novel “All Her Little Secrets.” ![]() Morris is a bestselling author that Karin Slaughter called a welcome and vibrant new voice in the thriller genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() Had he declined the job at Ermen & Engels, situated in the heartland of industrial England, the trajectory of modern socialist thought would look rather different. This might have been a good use of man power - but as a means of deterring young Friedrich from pursuing a life of revolution, his ploy came up remarkably short. One month after threatening “plenty of work,” he sent his son to Salford, then on the outskirts of Manchester, to manage a cotton mill that he part-owned. Already a Hegelian philosopher and recent convert to communism, this twenty-two-year-old’s Weltanschauung (or “worldview”) had long outgrown parental sway. “I hope however to give him plenty of work to do and - wherever he may be - I will arrange for him to be very carefully watched so that he does not do anything to endanger his future career.”Ī Christian Pietist and strict disciplinarian, Friedrich Engels Sr was naive to think he could quell his eldest son’s revolutionary instincts. ![]() “ is like a scabby sheep in a flock and openly opposes the beliefs of his forefathers,” he wrote in a letter. ![]() In October 1842, a wealthy businessman from the Rhine province of Prussia aired his grievances about his wayward son. ![]() ![]() She also won a Nobel Prize for her work, so there is that. Well, well, well, Miss Undset has made it onto my 10-star list. With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, Kristin Lavransdatter is the masterwork of Norway's most beloved author, one of the twentieth century's most prodigious and engaged literary minds and, in Nunnally's exquisite translation, a story that continues to enthrall. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulaussøn, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally's award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty.Īs a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. ![]() ![]() Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. ![]() ![]() Jason, Piper, and Leo are sent on a quest to free the captured Hera and end up realizing their destinies are far greater than they ever imagined. The three turn out to be half-bloods and run into Annabeth (from the first series) and someone named Butch, who are looking for the missing Percy Jackson. The first book, The Lost Hero, introduces a new half-blood named Jason who finds himself in a school bus with absolutely no memory of who or what he is, along with a girl, Piper, and a boy, Leo. It is the second set of novels in The Camp Half-Blood Series, and is followed by The Trials of Apollo. Warning: This page contains spoilers for both the first and second series.Ī Sequel Series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan, set a short time after. ![]() |