She shows us their strangeness discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us." -Hilary Mantel … ( more) She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. "Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary Renault including rare images of the author. Through their friendship, Renault opens a vista onto ancient Greek life, uncovering its vibrancy, culture, and political strife, and offers an unforgettable story of love, honor, loyalty, and the remarkable bond between two men. The first of Mary Renault's celebrated historical novels of ancient Greece, The Last of the Wine follows Alexias and Lysis into adulthood, when Athens is defeated by Sparta, the Thirty Tyrants take hold of the city, and the lives of both men are changed forever. They attend the Olympics, partake in symposia, fight on the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War, and fall in love. Together, the young men come of age in an Athens on the verge of great upheaval. Prized for his beauty and athletic prowess, Alexias studies under Sokrates with his closest friend, Lysis. Alexias is a young aristocrat living during the end of Athens's Golden Age. New York Times bestseller: A "highly superior historical novel" about the bond that grows between two men in ancient Athens ( Saturday Review).
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Olaf wants to take the children to Peru, where he can steal their money easily. His assistant Stephano is really Count Olaf in disguise: he has covered his ankle tattoo and shaved off his eyebrow. One day, he says his assistant will be coming to replace his former assistant. The children are going to Peru in a few days with Uncle Monty. The children are very happy living with Uncle Monty. He gives the children a bedroom each, and shows them the "Reptile Room.” Made of glass, it is filled with snakes and reptiles. He is a nice person and he works with snakes. Poe takes Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire to live with Montgomery Montgomery ("Uncle Monty"). They are placed in the care of Uncle Montgomery, but following them is a villain called Count Olaf who wants to steal their money. It is about three children whose parents die. It is the second book in A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Reptile Room is a book written by Lemony Snicket (real name Daniel Handler) in 1999. Signed by President Jimmy Carter: "To Billy & Sybil Carter. In the publisher's dust jacket, near fine condition, with $22.50 on front flap, bright colors and illustrations. Light foxing to outer edge of text block, some foxing to endpapers. First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. First edition of Keeping Faith by President Jimmy Carter, inscribed to his brother, Billy Carter, and his wife, Sybil. In 1980, Kahn returned to Cornell University, where he was a prolific author and professor.Ĭloth. After push back from the administration, he took to calling a depression a "banana," much to the delight of the news media. He soon appeared on the cover of Newsweek, being called the "Inflation Czar." He famously alarmed the public and the administration by offering candid assessments of the risk of a depression. Kahn (1917-2020) was tapped by Carter to serve as advisor to the president on inflation and chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on his bookplate: "With Best Wishes to Fred Kahn. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, with $22.50 on front flap, bright colors and illustrations. Light foxing to edges of text block, otherwise fine. Number line ending with "4" on copyright page. Keeping Faith by President Jimmy Carter, inscribed to his "inflation czar," Alfred E. Her friend from highschol stops her (who was in love with her) and offers her a drug that can revert her back to how she was when she was 15.Ĥ. Everyone laughs at her at work and her highschool reunion party and then when she sees her highschool love with another woman she feels rejected and decides to end her life by jumping into a river.ģ. She is 31 years old, but still a virgin (I'M FINE WITH THAT) and still in love obsessed with her highshool love because when the guy confessed his love to her she kept her silence and didnt answer, so somehow she thinks if she said yes her life would have been oh so different right now (WTF I'M SO NOT FINE WITH THAT!!).Ģ. Something is wrong with this lead girl, I swear.ġ. WHAT NOT TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR NORMAL AND UNINTERISTING LIFE: PLAN JUMPİNG INTO THE RIVER TO DIE. Hell, as Steve Jobs said, be one of The Crazy Ones but still, dont you dare to forget to be yourself, no matter what others think, either. Ask out the person that you have been afraid to approach.ħ. WHAT TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR NORMAL AND UNINTERISTING LIFE:ĥ. Gavin the little boy is absolutely hilarious,and I found myself laughing out loud on the bus to work, getting very funny looks as I always listen to my books on audio. There is a lot of use of the word vagina however it's done in a humorous way and I personally I found it very very funny. Claire is hilarious and Carter is just lovely. Liz her best friend is amazing, I thought she was wonderful I really enjoyed her character, and also making Claire work selling sex toys is the funniest chapter I have ever read. Imagine if you will, you are 20 years old and still a virgin, you want to get rid of your v card and you will do this by any means, Claire does this by getting drunk and having sex with a random man and then getting pregnant on her first time how is that for ironic? Claire doesn't see the father of her child (until later) and slowly gets back into normal life well as normal as normal can be. It is I would possibly say american pie meet fifty shades. So this book had me laughing out loud a lot. While Friedman and her writing staff changed certain story elements during the run of the series, the ending is largely the same as Hannah’s original book ending. □ SPOILER ALERT □ Is the Firefly Lane show ending the same as the book? But at its heart, it remains the same story of sisterhood, one that Hannah says was inspired by a number of significant events from her life, including her mother’s death from cancer, her feelings about being a working mother and her belief in the importance of women’s friendships. As the characters have evolved, so has the narrative universe around them. “A large part of this season is not from the book,” she says. Is Firefly Lane based on a book, and is it a true story?Īlthough the first season of Firefly Lane sticks closely to Hannah’s novel, she’s excited to watch Season 2 unfold as a viewer, as the series makes several changes to open up the story in new directions. But why and how, Funder wondered, was she written out of their story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder re-creates the Orwells’ marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London. O’Shaughnessy was a writer herself, and her literary brilliance not only shaped Orwell’s work, but her practical common sense saved his life. But then she read about his forgotten wife, and it was a revelation.Įileen O’Shaughnessy married Orwell in 1936. "I’ve always loved Orwell," Funder writes, "his self-deprecating humour, his laser vision about how power works, and who it works on." So after rereading and savoring books Orwell had written, she devoured six major biographies tracing his life and work. She needed help, and George Orwell came to her rescue. Family obligations and household responsibilities were crushing her soul and taking her away from her writing deadlines. This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century -and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern worldĪt the end of summer 2017, Anna Funder found herself at a moment of peak overload. Her goal to ruin his reputation and cause a scandal that would be the talk of all London. Why is Lady Sophia looking for a lover?Andcould she seduce the most marriageable man in London? Lady Sophia Sydney would do anything to ensnare the unattainable Sir Ross Cannon. And as his love for this mysterious beauty grows, he’s determined to unravel the secrets of her past and discover the truth no matter what. And the one in his arms now seems so innocent, so vulnerable, that he can’t help but be enchanted. As one of London’s most eligible, and unattainable catches, Grant Morgan is a man who has known every kind of woman. Deep in her heart, she knows he has mistaken her for someone else… Told that she is Vivien Rose Duvall, one of London’s most scandalous beauties, she finds herself under the protection of enigmatic, charming Grant Morgan. She couldn’t remember who she was…Ī temptingly beautiful woman awakens in a stranger’s bed, rescued from the icy waters of the Thames, her memory gone. Now, the author of Stranger in My Arms, brings her fans a story with all the promise, and oassion, of forbidden love. Lisa Kleypas has thrilled readers with her unforgettable love stories set in the glittering world of Regency London. By bringing murder and mayhem into the genteel setting of a village parish, Chesterton pioneered the ‘cozy’ mystery genre which Agatha Christie and others would further develop in subsequent decades. Chesterton, who stars in 52 short stories, later compiled in five books. These mysteries are the original source material for the current hit BBC TV show Father Brown starring Mark Williams.Ĭhesterton’s priest-sleuth was loosely based on Father John O'Connor, a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. Father Brown is a fictional character created by English novelist G. Chesterton’s mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second of G. “Most problems of teaching are not problems of growth but helping cultivate growth. “How it is we have so much information, but know so little?” “Education is a system of imposed ignorance.” “The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don’t know how to be submissive, and so on - because they’re dysfunctional to the institutions.” (Want to see more quotes on ideas? Check out these Schopenhauer quotes.) Noam Chomsky Quotes on Education “We shouldn’t be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.” It is a selection of his most biting quotes on society, politics and human life. He goes against mainstream thought and has frequently criticized the actions of the US government and mainstream media.Īs most of us consume our information through mainstream media, it’s easy to see why he isn’t as popular as he should be.īelow are some Noam Chomsky quotes. The NY times also described him as the “top intellectual alive”.Ĭonsidering his groundbreaking theories on linguistic psychology and politics, why haven’t the majority of the American population heard of him? If not, you might be surprised to hear that he is one of the most quoted scholars in history. |