6/12/2023 0 Comments Emma hooper books![]() ![]() ![]() He waits at home for Etta's return, traveling with her through letters she sends and letters he writes but never sends. ![]() Russell, Etta's former lover, hits the road hoping to join her but detours north into a journey of his own. The novel also is about Otto's and Russell's life-changing actions, which are startlingly different from Etta's. Most important, he's a sounding board for Etta's ruminations and a giver of wise and practical advice. Her nearly constant companion from her Saskatchewan farm east toward the ocean is James, a talking coyote, who bolsters Etta's courage, protects her and provides her with physical and spiritual sustenance. Much like the aged protagonist in Rachel Joyce's "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry," Etta hardly seems able to embark on such an incredibly long trip, but she has help along the way. ![]() The note says, "I will try to remember to come back."Įtta doesn't always remember who she is or why she's walking, but you'll never forget her or her wondrous adventure. In Emma Hooper's enchanting debut novel, 83-year-old Etta Gloria Kinnick leaves a note for her husband, Otto, then sets off on a 3,200-kilometer journey east across Canada. Fictional journeys toward enlightenment and self-discovery fill miles of book shelves, but few are as freshly told as the road trip traced in "Etta and Otto and Russell and James." ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Torchwood by James Goss![]() ![]() Goss also produced the video clip "krill-loop" for a tie-in website. Sequence, a Cardiff-based design agency, were also responsible for all of the 2006 Doctor Who series games, experiences and many of the associated websites. His aim was to construct a whole world beyond the show that viewers could get further involved in, notably employing graphic designer Lee Binding for front pages and site design, and writer Joseph Lidster for the spin-off sites' fictional content. Goss moved to BBC Wales to oversee the production of the new show's web site, expanding the contents to include cast and crew interviews, games and spin-off sites based on the broadcast episodes. With the return of Doctor Who in 2005, the Cult site was slowly wound down in order to concentrate solely on the show. ![]() He was subsequently voted Number 19 in TV Cream's 2004 poll of Top 50 Media Movers and Shakers. Goss slowly expanded the content to include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape, The Simpsons, 24 and Doctor Who. ![]() Originally the site was part of the BBC's Cult TV website. In 2000, Goss was made a BBC senior content producer and put in charge of the BBC's official Doctor Who website. James Goss (born 1974) is an English writer and producer, known both for his work in cult TV spin-off media, including tie-in novels and audio stories for Doctor Who and Torchwood, and for his fictional works beyond ready made universes.ĭoctor Who Online content ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments The sleeper and the spindle![]() ![]() Read Hour returns for its third year in the UK with Moomin CharactersĪ thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell - weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of dark magic, which will hold readers spellbound from start to finish.In its 20th year, the shortlist for CLiPPA (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award) reflects the wealth of talent in children’s poetry.13 Children's Books Featuring Poverty and Homelessness.30 enticing chapter books for children who are newly independent readers.60 kids books about grief to explain death to children and help them grieve.LGBTQI+ Children's Books celebrating Pride in London and Pride Month this June.Sophie Cameron - our Author of the Month.Best kids books for getting children walking for National Walking Month and Walk to School Week. ![]() Shortlist announced for the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.Refugees - 40 children's books to raise awareness for Refugee Week 19-25 June.Celebrate Elmer Day on 27 May with David McKee's colourful and inclusive picture books.Great Children's Books to read with Dad this Father's Day!.Children's Books that Celebrate the Windrush Generation.30 Children's Books to Celebrate World Oceans Day. ![]() ![]() There were also community standards regarding how slaves should be treated: "Few are willing to incur the odium attaching the reputation of being a cruel master. Douglass was better fed and clothed in Baltimore than he had ever been. Slaves in the cities were generally treated better than those on plantations. It would forever unfit him to be a slave." ![]() how to read, there would be no keeping him. ![]() Auld admonished her and explained, "Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. Auld taught Douglass how to read, but Mr. Sophia Auld was unlike any white person Douglass had met before because she had "the kindest heart and finest feelings." She had never owned a slave, and, prior to her marriage, she was an industrious weaver. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is very much doing two things at once. Immensely enjoyable cosy mystery / romance mash up. As the bodies rack up and the stakes rise, can they save their marriage - and their lives? But who better to take on the case than someone whose entire profession relies on an obsession with all things mysterious and macabre? Though some of her fellow guests may consider her an interfering new media hack, Liza knows a thing or two about crime and – despite Hanna’s preference for waiting out the chaos behind a locked door – might be the only one capable of discovering the killer. ![]() When up-and-coming true crime podcaster Liza and her corporate financier wife Hanna head to a luxurious hotel in the Scottish Highlands, they're hoping for a chance to rekindle their marriage - not to find themselves trapped in the middle of an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery with no way home. From the author of Boyfriend Material and Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake comes a cozy mystery that revisits the Golden Age of detective fiction, starring a heroine who’s more podcaster than private eye and topped with a lethal dose of parody - perfect for fans of Clue, Knives Out, and Only Murders in the Building! ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Blackout book marc elsberg![]() Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. And not just on this street - every light in the city is dead. Manzano is thrown from his Alfa as cars pile up. Can he bring down a major terrorist network before it's too late? ************************ 'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut-a bestseller in Germany-will get people talking' - Booklist US A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers. Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. ![]() A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. Highly recommended' LEE CHILD 'A dazzling debut' Marcel Berlins, The Times THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER PUBLISHED IN 15 LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE A 21ST-CENTURY HIGH-CONCEPT DISASTER THRILLER *************************************** Tomorrow will be too late. 'Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely- this will happen one day. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments X men omnibus hickman![]() My biggest complaint is more about the whole line, which falls in part on Hickman as the “Head of X” and a bit on some of the other writers in the line (many of whom just didn’t bring their A game or enough imagination) but probably the bulk of the blame belongs to the editors at Marvel. It didn’t strike the balance of tone that Larry’s and Silva did in Hox Pox. There was a general sense of alienation to Hickman’s writing, which led many to have “are the xmen the bad guys now” takes, and I don’t think Yu’s stiff figures and sometimes creepy faces really helped that. The art is great for the most part, though I do think Linel Francis Yu maybe wasn’t the best fit. Hickman’s Xmen series was always interesting, and some of these issues are the best of the Dawn of X line. ![]() The omnibus collects xmen and giant size xmen, but it’s missing the x of swords tie in issues. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments The good wives louisa may alcott![]() In 1912 an English artist, Millicent Etheldreda Gray, with a reputation for closely-worked studies of domestic settings, was commissioned by Hodder and Stoughton to paint twelve watercolours for this most long-lasting of all family stories. Read more published in 1869, taking up the story of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy three years on. GOOD WIVES, a sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, was. ![]() ![]() ' When published in 1868, the book was illustrated by May Alcott, Louisa's mother. 'Not a bit sensational', she wrote, 'but simple and true, for we really lived most of it. Louisa Alcott based her story on her own experience of family life. Written in six weeks, and at first thought by its editor to be 'dull', this story of an American family - four sisters and their mother living through the months while father is away in the Civil War - has a universal and enduring appeal. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. "Good Wives", takes up the story of "Little Women" three years on. ![]() ![]() A story, based on the author's own experience, of an American family - four sisters and their mother, living through the months while the father is away fighting in the Civil War. Description for Little Women and Good Wives Hardcover. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden![]() ![]() Intertwined with this account is the story of Niska, who herself has borne witness to a lifetime of death-the death of her people. Eventually the harrowing and bloody truth of war takes its toll on the two friends in different, profound ways. But while Xavier struggles to understand the purpose of the war and to come to terms with his conscience for the many lives he has ended, Elijah becomes obsessed with killing, taking great risks to become the most accomplished sniper in the army. Both become snipers renowned for their uncanny accuracy. Shipped off to Europe when they are nineteen, the boys are marginalized from the Canadian soldiers not only by their native appearance but also by the fine marksmanship that years of hunting in the bush has taught them. At the urging of his friend Elijah, a Cree boy raised in reserve schools, Xavier joins the war effort. Set in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium, Three-Day Road is a mesmerizing novel told through the eyes of Niska-a Canadian Oji-Cree woman living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners-and her nephew Xavier. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments A History of Japan by R.H.P. Mason![]() He was notoriously careful with money, and there is a story that when he accidentally discovered that his ladies-in-waiting did not eat many vegetables if they were well salted, he promptly instructed his cook to make their dishes as salty as possible. Ieyasu was always simple and frugal in his own habits, his only entertainment being hawking. I'm not a historian, therefore, these three extracts below should imply and inform us how and why Japan has achieved her own identity as one of the developed countries in the world of globalization.ġ. A few chapters're a bit lengthy but we need to keep reading, pause when necessary due to Japan's long history and complex politics/administration since Jimmu ascended the throne as the first emperor in 660 B.C. ![]() This 'classic work' as claimed at the back cover is reasonably readable, informative and neutral since both authors have done their best. ![]() |