They include a pair of novels about the mythological hero Theseus and a trilogy about the career of Alexander the Great. Her historical novels are all set in ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander. Mary Renault was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece. Seeing them in all the imaginative richness of detail with which Miss Renault presents them, one feels that here, as in her other classical novels, she has arrived intuitively at the truth. adrift from the court of the dead Persian King Darius, is taken into Alexander's household and becomes his favourite attendant.ĭespite the vicissitudes of his campaigns, his two marriages, and his loyalty to his boyhood friend Hephaistion, Alexander bestows an enduring affection and trust upon Bagoas, who, braving the resentment of the victorious Macedonians, fosters the young conqueror's growing sympathy with his Persian subjects, and confronts him in the isolation of his genius.īagoas is a real historical person, and one who may well have influenced the great events described. The narrator of his brilliant and sometimes tragic career is Bagoas, a young Persian of celebrated beauty who. This second book in Renault's Alexander series tells the extraordinary but true story of Alexander The Great's last seven years, during which, before his death at thirty-two, he carried his conquests the eastern end of the known world.
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Now, those hard lessons and abilities are put to the test in a quest so dangerous and fantastical, it would be madness to go.but may destroy the world if she does not. Throughout her adventures in Akata Witch and Akata Warrior, she had to navigate the balance between nearly everything in her life-America and Nigeria, the "normal" world and the one infused with juju, human and spirit, good daughter and powerful Leopard Person. "In this series, Okorafor creates a stunningly original world of African magic that draws on Nigerian folk beliefs and rituals instead of relying on the predictable tropes of Western fantasy novels."įrom the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she sought to understand and control her powers. Akata Woman is the New York Times bestselling third book in the series that started with Akata Witch, named one of Time magazine's "100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time" and "100 Best YA Books of All Time," from award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. Like those early believers, we are in need of mercy, peace, and love in order to contend for the faith. Session 1: Jude 1-2 (15:22)-In this opening session, Jackie points out that the Christians to whom Jude writes his letter are much like us today. See how this small, obscure book in Scripture still speaks to the church today. Recognize God's Word as an anchor in the ever-shifting cultural climate.ĭiscover your God-given identity in a world of deception. Verse-by-verse study for comprehension and applicationħ teaching videos, approximately 8-20 minutes per session, available via redemption code printed in Bible study book for individual streaming access Personal study segments to complete between 7 weeks of group sessions Leader helps to guide questions and discussions within small groups We serve others well when we share the whole gospel with them, not just the parts deemed attractive by our culture. In this 7-session study from Jackie Hill Perry, dive into themes of being called, loved, and kept, and learn how to point others to Jesus in grace and truth. God has commanded His beloved church to do the necessary work of contending for the faith in a world of unbelief, and as we do, He will keep us from falling into the same deception. While often overlooked, the book of Jude remains as relevant today as the time it was written. Similar level of love story, and both books lean away from harsh language and strong sexual situations, should that be important to anyone. If you like that sort of story, then there's a good chance you'll like this one too! I don't want to give too much away, but this book and 'Twilight' both fit strongly into the same genre, and I found both to be very engaging examples of their category. Cute anyway? Yes.) There are a lot of reasons why this book keeps being referred to as a French version of 'Twilight.' You hear so many books being compared to the Twilight series that I tend to ignore those statements, but in this case it works. I knocked the story rating down to four stars because it got a little mired down by the mushiness, which in turn disrupted my suspension of belief a touch. Overall, great narrator and setting, engaging love story. She's great with accents and character voices, and her reading added richness to the fun French setting. I'm so glad I listened to it rather than read it. Can desire and deception ever add up to true love? But as the pair pore over ledgers together each evening, their connection blooms into a heated flirtation that threatens to expose the secrets each of them has been hiding. Yet as obligations fall on him, he's determined to prove his worth, and Olivia's genius for numbers is a boon he hadn't expected. He's cultivated his reckless reputation as a way to avoid dealing with his family's businesses. Anthony has his own secret: Numbers get jumbled in his head. But when the dowager's grandson, notorious ne'er-do-well Lord Anthony Trent, requires her assistance with some tasks of his own, Olivia discovers that the charming rogue may be capable of stealing something himself-her heart. Working in a nobleman's home is the perfect guise to gather information, allowing her to exact her own justice on several wicked noblemen. No one would ever guess that Olivia Michaels, companion to an elderly dowager, is really the thief the London newspapers have nicknamed the Phantom. With the proper calculations, even a reckless rake and a secretly infamous woman can find a love they can count on. Still, Jim feels obligated-they are kin after all. Worse, they've incurred enormous debts still worse, the vessel they arrived in is literally falling to pieces, and its current master is a villain. Said relatives, led by cousin Elmo, were farmers of `porcuswine,` a cross between a pig and a porcupine, but the galactic recession's caused the bottom to drop out of the porcuswine futures market, so Elmo and friends need a new place to stay. Harrison's light-fingered, silver-tongued rogue with a heart of-well bronze, anyway-is living it up with his beautiful and capable wife Angelina on the tourist planet of Moolaplenty when a mob of long-lost relatives shows up. After an absence of more than a decade ( The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus, 1999, etc.), slippery Jim DiGriz reappears. His first French play, Monsieur le Président (2012) enjoyed a successful run at the French Cultural Centre in Bujumbura, Burundi, marking the beginning of his collaboration with Lampyre Theatre Company. Several shorter plays, Athos’ Wife (based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers) and a dance pantomime, Love in Bloom, were produced by the North Carolina Stage Company. Two scripts, A Few Greek Poets and Speculations on the Nature of Heaven and Hell, begun as undergraduate one-acts, were later expanded into full-length plays, the former being successfully produced in Dayton, Ohio in 2004. He then pursued a Master’s in Playwriting at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, graduating “with distinction” in 2001. This was followed by Young Man of Promise, written at Stanford University (1994) and Lazarro Spallanzani (based on the biography of Paul DeKruif) written at the University of Cracow, in 1996. It was also at this time (1993) he wrote his first play, an historical drama, Der Anschluss, researched at Klementinum Library in Prague. He practiced engineering for ten years, thereafter free-lancing as translator of text. Desjardins received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1984. This can include, for example, a book, music, a scientific publication or a work of art. What does copyright protect?Ĭopyright is the exclusive right of the maker of a work to make it public and reproduce it. In 2017, Lindgren’s estate filed a lawsuit against a German production company on the grounds that its German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed the copyright of the original Swedish song. Unsurprisingly, the copyright to the works is strictly monitored. © The Astrid Lindgren Company / AB Svensk Filmindustri Since then, Lindgren’s series of Pippi books have been translated into more than 50 languages, and there are many films, musicals and plays about the popular character’s life. And, she comes from the imagination of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, whose first book about Pippi Longstocking appeared in 1945. She is the strongest girl in the world and can even lift a horse one-handed! She lives, together with her monkey Mr Nilsson and her horse Lilla Gubben, in Villa Villekulla. To mark the launch of the new official version of the Pippi Longstocking song this month, Koen de Winder examines the court case and what it means for the character’s legacy. The estate of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren successfully established last year that a German version of the song ‘Hey, Pippi Longstocking’ infringed its copyright. WellsĬrossroads & Confluences: Journeys of SpiritĬharlotte Ka: Cowries, Crosses & Black-Eye Peas ("You can burn down the churches, but you cannot kill THE CHURCH. Wells (Author) 1 rating See all formats and editions Hardcover 8.93 14 Used from 4.00 1 New from 25.00 Paperback 10.66 8 Used from 6.08 Born in darkness, they will walk abroad in daylight. companies, people, and racesCharles and Dale K. Scott, Vincent Smith, Evelyn Terry, Mildred Thompson, James L. The History of the Next French RevolutionWilliam Makepeace Thackeray. "Masters" from the Brandywine Print and Rolling Stone Press collections: Benny Andrews, Trina Banks, Moc Brooker, Beverly Buchanan, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Michael Ellison, Maren Hassinger, Barkley Hendricks, Margo Humphrey, Stephanie Jackson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Lois Mailou Jones, Gwen Knight-Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Valerie Maynard, Keith Morrison, Curtis Patterson, Howardina Pindell, Alison Saar, John T. Master Impressions: Limited Edition Lithographs Wells, Touchstone Level 2 Full Contact AHelen Sandiford, Still Rhymin on the RangeBrian Brannon, Modern Labor Law in the Private and. Kevin Cole, Michael Ellison, Freddie Styles Three One Man Shows: For Sistas That Carry the Burdens of Other Sisters (Kevin Cole), Figurative Abstractions (Michael Ellison), Recent Works (Freddie Styles) Alphabetical Listing of Exhibiting Artists Silk & Secrets is based on a real rescue mission to Bokhara in the early 1840s. Mary Jo Putney has set several of her books in Asia. Readers seeing "Near the Baltic Sea" first thing on opening the book probably did not help. My publisher did not tag the Prologue's setting "Lithuania." Instead it was tagged "Near the Baltic Sea." I think By Possession is one of my best books, and it earned me my first contract, but it is the only book I have written that did not make national bestseller lists. Only it had a prologue for the hero, before he returns home. So I wrote the sequel instead, which takes place in England. Without saying "Are you a freaking idiot?" she managed to let me know that, well, yes, there could be a problem with a book set there. When she spoke again she gave me a friendly, professional reality check. The connection went so silent I thought she had hung up. Before I launched into my pitch, I asked, in all innocence, whether there would be a problem with a book set in medieval Lithuania. A few years before I sold my first book (so we are going back at least 15 years), I called my agent with a great idea for a new story. |