Crowley, David Siegel, Stanley and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. Fehrenbach, a native Texan, authored several books, including Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico and Comanches: The Destruction of a People, both available from Da Capo. : Lone Star: The Story of Texas (9780130586254) by Fehrenbach, T. The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico. But Texas would remain unmistakably Texas, because Texans "have been made different by the crucible of history they think and act in different ways, according to the history that shaped their hearts and minds. In the twentieth century oil would emerge as an important economic resource and social change would come. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Synopsis: An insider's history of Texas that examines the people, politics, and events which have shaped the Lone Star State, from prehistory to the modern day
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Finding Seryan dead, he decides to take Jill with him on his wanderings, which he calls "the long road.”įor seven years, Nevyn has been searching for Jill, with nothing more than luck and intuition to guide him. Cullyn arrives in Jill's village a month later. Because her father, Cullyn, is a mercenary soldier – known as a "silver dagger" for the weapon he carries – and visits irregularly, Jill is taken in by a local tavern owner. Jill, a seven-year-old girl who sometime has precognitive dreams, loses her mother Seryan to a fever. The sorcerer Nevyn sees an omen indicating that a person whose destiny is intertwined with his own has been reborn, and sees the infant Jill in a vision. Main article: Characters in the Deverry cycle Plot summary Įvents are listed here not in chronological order, but in the order they were originally presented in the novel. I download stacks of free books every week and then generally pick through when I’m looking for something and choose ones to read at random. I read this because I actually spotted the second one while browsing iBooks and when I went to have a look at the first I discovered that I already had it. Recovery will lead to partying the night away at Burning Moon festival – and falling in love with the person you least expect… Side-effects may include desert island stranding, star gazing and jungle trekking. On the way to paradise, symptoms may include getting arrested, setting yourself on fire, turning up on a ‘Missing Poster’ and going viral. WARNING: Being jilted at the altar in front of 500 wedding guests can lead to irrational behaviour, such as going on your honeymoon to Thailand alone. Fall in love at the festival of Burning Moon. But what makes his book – of only average length – feel so high and treacherous?įor a start, Madame Bovary is perhaps the most carefully written book in literary history. "We love what tortures us," said its author. Flaubert's unexotic story of boredom and adultery in the flatlands of 19th-century Normandy is the Everest of translation, and the slopes are crowded with foolhardy expeditions. It is, admittedly, harder to justify a 20th stab. Having several good translations is no bad thing – they are autonomous creations, yielding different aspects of the original text. What is lost – imagine DH Lawrence's very English pulse rendered into the far fainter beats of French – can be partially made up for by the qualities gained in the host language. A good translation holds faith with the original's aura, and then it should soar. For most of us this is the only way we receive non-English literature, so a poor translation is a serious issue. For a start, although no translation is perfect, some are poor. So I find myself on the back foot, explaining why great foreign classics need more than a single rendering into English. When I tell people this, there are two reactions: the first is a sympathetic groan, the second a question: "What's the point? It's already been done." Yes, about 19 times – and the latest was just a year ago, by the American short-story writer Lydia Davis. I have spent the last three years translating Flaubert's Madame Bovary into English. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde’s career but also heralded his downfall. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde’s most enduringly popular play. Contemporary reviews all praised the play’s humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde’s artistic career so far. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play’s major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. James’s Theatre in London, the play is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome obligations. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. The Importance of being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. It was the cutting that destroyed the novel. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from An Accidental Affair? He gave each character personality even though the characters, as written, had no depth. What about Christopher Lane’s performance did you like? make a stronger case for bring "driver and Panter" into the story. Not make us want to feel anything for a murderer, a narcicist, a (un-fleshed out) rich antagonist. Not make us want to sympathise with characters that are richer and more beautiful than his readers. What could Eric Jerome Dickey have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?īased the story in a more realistic plot. How weak and unplausable the characters and plot was. What disappointed you about An Accidental Affair? Readers love Elin Hilderbrand's emotional, escapist novels! 'I just LOVE her books, they are such compulsive reads' MARIAN KEYES With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, secrets among the staff, and Lizbet's own romantic uncertainty, there's going to be trouble in paradise.ĭeliciously escapist, full of emotion, and with a dash of Roaring Twenties glamour, this is the perfect read from the bestselling 'Queen of the Summer Novel' ( People) Hotel Nantucket can't seem to shake off the scandal of 1922, when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley - and the guests have complicated pasts of their own. But behind the glossy fa ade, complete with wellness centre and celebrity chef-run restaurant, a perfect storm is brewing. When she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a Gilded Age gem whose glamour has been left to tarnish, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can transform the hotel's fortunes - and her own.Īll she needs to do is win over their new billionaire owner from London, Xavier Darling - and the wildly popular Instagram influencer, Shelly Carpenter, who can help put them back on the map. Reeling from a bad break-up, Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a fresh start. The ultimate summer page-turner from the internationally bestselling Queen of Beach Reads Escape to Hotel Nantucket for a summer of sunshine, secrets and scandal. I cook, I eat, I drink, I take walks up and down the hills, I check the mail, I pet the cats, I read, and when I manage I write or draw a little bit. SR: I don’t have a typical working day because I always find new ways to procrastinate. When did you start to write your own stories and become an author as well? What prompted that? Jen Sherman: You began your career as an illustrator at the age of 20, in 1986. We sat down with Sergio Ruzzier and asked him a few questions. The second book in the series, The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories, will be published March 5, 2019. The first book in the Fox & Chick series, The Party and Other Stories, was recently awarded a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor at the American Library Association Youth Media Awards. I read A LOT of children’s books these days, and these are the only ones where I find myself thinking of certain lines from the stories at random moments throughout the day and giggling. The stories take you along the escapades of the ever-patient Fox and the somewhat-annoying Chick. My favourite books of his are the Fox & Chick series, which are a lovely (albeit difficult to categorise) combination of short stories, comic, and early reader. Sergio Ruzzier is a children’s picture book author and illustrator, and his books are delightfully quirky and charming, with wonderful warm humour and a lot of attention to detail (and therefore a lot of fun for the grown-up reading the book). |