![]() ![]() The people of Russia have voted to bring back the tsar, a ruler to be selected from the distant relatives of Nicholas II, who was murdered along with the rest of the Romanov family in 1918. 9780340899311 The Romanov Prophecy 29.5000 NZD InStock /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers /shop/books History is being made and Miles Lord has a ringside seat. The implications of this prophecy are earth-shattering not only for the future tsar and mother Russia, but for Miles himself. Suddenly, he is racing across continents with only a cryptic utterance by Rasputin, made at the time of the Romanov massacre, as his guide. ![]() ![]() History is being made and Miles Lord has a ringside seat. Suddenly, he is racing across continents with only a cryptic utterance by Rasputin. But excitement turns to terror when Miles is nearly killed by gunmen. Miles has been asked to run a background check on one of the candidates. ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() It’s a great novel in which a sensitive reader can feel himself totally immersed, only to be shocked out of “willing suspension of disbelief” when its author breaks the fourth wall and begins commenting on his characters as fictional creations. Tragic to a truly disturbing degree, it is too subtle and complex to make grand opera, too often given to immensely long talky scenes, featuring too many characters, to translate well into film-though the attempt has often been made to adapt it for stage or screen. Dickensian in its large cast of vividly colorful characters and satire on the society of its time, it is not quite a picaresque. Its climax is mysterious and chilling, but it is not a thriller. ![]() It made me laugh a great deal, but it is not a comedy. Published in a series of magazine issues in 1868-69, this is one of the masterpieces by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their work ranges from site-specific installations washed in radiant, neon light, or even projecting from the wall, to mysterious glowing columns placed within a darkened room, to totemic sculptures made of glass, acrylic or resin, which reflect and absorb ambient light and shadows, instead of radiating their own. There is no single defining aesthetic amongst the loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles-based Light and Space artists, but instead a preoccupation with the viewer's perception and participation. ![]() Ethereal and atmospheric, yet often equally geometric and analytic, the experiences of the Light and Space movement present a striking paradox to the viewer, one that requires active, and often multi-sensory, participation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Elder’s Idea,” published in Gilman’s own periodical, The Forerunner, readers can again encounter this witty, original, and audacious woman who dared to challenge the status quo and who created fiction that continues to be fresh and timeless. From “The Unexpected,” printed in Kate Field’s Washington in 1890, to such later tales as “Mrs. Study Questions for Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860-1935, author of Women and Economics (1898) The Manmade World, or Our Androcentric Culture (1911) Herland. Noted anthologist Barbara Solomon has put together a remarkable collection of Gilman’s fiction, which includes twenty short stories and the complete text of Herland, the landmark utopian novel that remained unavailable for more than sixty years. Her most famous short story, the intensely personal “The Yellow Wallpaper,” was read as a horror story when first published in 1892 and then lapsed into obscurity before being rediscovered and reinterpreted by feminist scholars in the 1970s. She was also widely read, with stories in popular magazines and with dozens of books in print. At the turn of the twentieth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a celebrity-acclaimed as a leader in the feminist movement and castigated for her divorce, her relinquishment of custody of her daughter, and her unconventional second marriage. ![]() ![]() Eggers has written a book for readers of all ages, without dumbing down his prose. The best books-and I happily include The Wild Things on this list-manage to do both. The real question, when it comes to literature, is whether a particular author is interested in hustling us through a breakneck plot (a la Dan Brown) or investigating the internal lives of his or her creations. ![]() We get a writhing Technicolor landscape of carnivorous vines, lava beds, mini-tornadoes, mutant snakes, and, of course, the beasts themselves, a motley bundle of brawn and neuroses. ![]() "Once Max reaches the island of the beasts, Eggers goes for broke. ![]() ![]() Once again, I’m down to the wire meeting Michelle Heidenrich Barnes’s ditty challenge. (My favorite poem, “Two Sunflowers Move Into the Yellow Room,” seems particularly poignant today.) Still, I’m embarrassed to confess that I wasn’t aware of Willard’s poetry for adults until I read Yolen’s piece earlier this week. ![]() Of course I loved it immediately and have shared it with students ever since. ![]() And although I read to him from the day we came home from the hospital, William Blake’s Inn didn’t capture my attention until several years later when I went back to school to get my teaching certificate. Willard’s Newbery winning book, A Visit to William Blake’s Inn (Harcourt Brace, 1981) was published the year my son was born. Their collection of poetry, Among Angels, was the result of this “rather delicious correspondence.” ( The Horn Book, March/April 2009, p. This is how I stumbled upon a short piece by Jane Yolen recalling her correspondence with Nancy Willard. So I skim the table of contents, scan a review or two, succumb to Newbery acceptance speeches from years gone by. I can’t just toss these compact containers of wisdom and goodness. ![]() ![]() In my never-ending effort to reduce the stacks of New Yorkers and The Horn Book tucked away in various corners of my house, I’ve started purging. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even the sections on the history of the Cevennes area are made interesting by Stevenson's writing. ![]() The next thing he does is purchase and name his little donkey Modestine who is a major character in this travelogue's adventures.įor an author who is famous for his stories of kidnapped boys, pirates, buried gold, and evil alter egos this tale of mountain wanderings is surpisingly gentle and lyrical when speaking of sleeping in the open. The very first chapter talks about his preparations for this 12 day trip through the Cevennes region of France and the first thing he does is commission the making of a "sleeping-sack" which we know better as a sleeping bag and Stevenson is credited with being the first to use such a thing. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes is one of his early works and supposedly the first to feature camping as a recreational outdoor activity. I have never been a fan of Robert Louis Stevenson so this book was a delightful surprise for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How he manages to keep track of all the town's characters: Pangborn (the Sheriff), Norris (deputy), Polly, Nettie, Brian, Wilma, Ace, Buster, Mr.Gaunt, etc. SK is a master story weaver as he writes short chapters, but at a fast pace. From very early on one senses some dread and doom approaching the town.but, you just can't put your finger on it. I felt like SK was writing this tale just for me! As the story unfolds the reader will get caught up in the suspense of the "new store" opening up in the town and of the shopkeeper himself. Of which I am VERY familiar since I used to live in Oxford county. The author writes of a small ficticous town in Western Maine nestled between South Paris and Oxford. However, "Needful Things" sounded more intriguing so.I gathered up my courage and read it. Even though I am a true Mainer and love Stephen King.(I am usually too chicken to read his scary stories!). ![]() ![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa sees something she has never seen before: independent women. ![]() He brings with him his young Norwegian wife, Ursa, who is both heady with her husband’s authority, and terrified by it. Absalom Cornet comes from Scotland, where he burned witches in the northern isles. Three years later, beneath a midnight sun, a sinister figure arrives in Vardø. With the menfolk wiped out, the women of Vardø must fend for themselves. ![]() Forty fishermen, including her brother and father, are drowned and left broken on the rocks below. Longlisted for Not the Booker Prize.īeneath the sunken sun on Christmas Eve 1617, where Finnmark, Norway, scatters into its northernmost islands, twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter watches the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm. Winner of a Betty Trask Award 2021, Winner of Le Prix Rive Gauche à Paris 2020. New York Times 100 Most Notable Books 2020. The Times Number 1 Bestseller, The Sunday Times Bestseller. ![]() |