![]() ![]() He becomes obsessed with a young boy he sees on the beach, Tadzio, and his obsession grows as he sees Tadzio more frequently around the city. Aschenbach's arrival in Venice is marked by a series of ominous omens, which suggest that his journey may not be as restorative as he had hoped. He is also burdened by a sense of moral and cultural responsibility, feeling that his work should serve as a beacon of civilization and refinement in a rapidly changing world that is becoming more chaotic. He is a successful writer who has devoted his life to his craft but is beginning to feel the weight of his age and the limitations of his talent. In the first part, we are introduced to Gustav von Aschenbach and learn about his background and reasons for traveling to Venice. It follows the experiences of Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous writer who travels to the city for inspiration and relaxation. The story is set in Venice, Italy, in the early 20th century. Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice is a haunting and profound exploration of the human condition, focusing on beauty, decay, obsession, and mortality. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This turns out to be good advice as Mildred quickly starts picking on Mary Alice and, assuming that she is a spoiled city girl, follows her home on horseback to demand a dollar from Grandma Dowdel. When she takes Mary Alice to her new school, she advises her granddaughter to avoid her classmate Mildred Burdick as her family is known to be bad news. Grandma Dowdel greets Mary Alice by complaining that her radio will be noisy and her cat will need feeding. However, her family are struggling during the Great Depression and cannot currently afford to look after her. ![]() She is not looking forward to living in what she assumes will be an isolated, backward, country settlement. It begins in 1937, with the protagonist and narrator, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, taking a train from Chicago to an unnamed rural town to live with her grandmother. A sequel to Richard Peck’s A Long Way from Chicago, A Year Down Yonder explores assumptions, rough justice, and growing up through the continuing adventures of Mary Alice and the Dowdel family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, He discovers that he can wield the power of the Aes Sedai, throwing his life and the lives of his friends into chaos. Rand al’Thor, a simple farmer’s son, leads a happy life until a pair of mysterious travelers arrive in his small village. The Wheel of Time is a complex and pretty massive story that takes place in a fantasy world where the Dark One is breaking free from his prison. Brandon Sanderson was brought in to complete the series. Sadly, Jordan died before he could finish writing it. Series of high fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan (his real name was James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), The Wheel of Time was published from 1990 to 2013. Now an Amazon Hit TV series! What the Wheel of Time Series is about? ![]() Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though she doesn’t know much about the sweet-talking Texan, and though it’s clear he doesn’t want to be exclusive, dating him beats hanging out with vapid socialites or watching Netflix alone at home.įor a while, Nan deals with Major’s playboy ways, but after he burns her one too many times, she takes off for an impromptu wild weekend in Vegas. So when Major asks her out, she jumps at the chance to date the gorgeous charmer. And Harlow, who has never gotten over the way Nan treated her when she first moved to town, remains distant. Grant, the last guy she truly cared about, chose to be with her half-sister, Harlow, instead of her. Rush has another kid on the way and doesn’t have time to catch up with his sister. Some of her reputation is deserved-she’s never had to worry about anything but maintaining her perfect figure and splitting Daddy’s private jet with her brother, Rush.īut Nan is far from happy. ![]() Slut.Īs the Prada-clad bad girl of Rosemary Beach, Nan Dillon has been called every vile name under the hot summer sun. #1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines returns to Rosemary Beach one last time in this highly anticipated finale. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is quite difficult to discern who is talking and following conversations is nearly impossible the first time around. What makes things even more confusing is the odd way the dialogue is organized. We aren't even sure who the main characters are at first and who is narrating the story, nor are we given an introduction to tell us what our primary protagonist's name is. This leaves us feeling disoriented with the setting and the characters. The main issue with Doukyuusei's first chapter is that we are thrust right into the story. ![]() they attend together, and the development of their relationship. ![]() The story follows Kusakabe Hikaru and his meeting with Sajou Rihito at the all boys' school Doukyuusei is a shounen-ai manga (or yaoi, if you prefer to call it that way, as I do there isn't any sexual content, for your information, although there are some kiss scenes) by Nakamura Asumiko. So when I stumbled upon a manga that contained yaoi but, to my knowledge, none of that garbage, I naturally became quite excited and couldn't help but jump straight into it. I tend to stay away from BL manga, primarily because of that completely ridiculous notion that I should apparently find guy-on-guy rape titillating. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He remained a patron of the school until his death.īrian lived in Liverpool, where his two grown sons, Marc, a carpenter and bricklayer, and David, a professor of Art and a muralist, still reside. Because of the nature of his first audience, he made his style of writing as descriptive as possible, painting pictures with words so that the schoolchildren could see them in their imaginations. He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver, he delivered milk. He had always loved to write, but it was only then that he realized he had a talent for it. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so well. ![]() John's foreshadowed his future career as an author given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile's teeth. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.īrian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() These longer series are also noted at the bottom of the page. ![]() NOTE: For series in which a large number of books exceed 140K, I’ve included a minimum of 3 from the series, or (as with Quil Carter’s) the first in each volume or companion series. ![]() ![]() I should add I haven’t read all of these but they all have at least 4.2 Amazon stars at the time of adding and I’ve included universal URLs where possible so you can read blurbs & reviews! Where word counts are the same, I’ve listed alphabetically by surname. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was obsessed with the idea of opening her own shop, and because of her incredible skill – she didn’t use patterns, as she said she could picture what she was designing in her head – white women flocked to her to get their clothes made in the latest fashions and colours.īut her life wasn’t without tragedy and sadness, was it? ![]() However, once I was engrossed in Ann’s story she did come across as an exceptionally inspiring woman. Or fat, to be blunt.) However, it doesn’t stop me enjoying seeing what others wear, and complimenting them on it. (And since becoming disabled, it’s even harder keeping control of my, er, curviness. I’ve only been able to splash out on a few designer handbags in my life – fashion designers don’t tend to design for, shall I say, curvier women like me. Not initially – it was the fact that I adore clothes, and the history of clothes design. So was it the inspiring nature of Ann’s story that appealed most of all? It’s the story of Ann Lowe, a young black fashion designer who learnt to sew from her mother and grandmother (her grandmother had been a slave that’s how close Ann was to that ignominious chapter in history.) But she was a fast learner, and grew up to surpass her mother and grandmother, in vision, talent and achievement. Yes, I know what you’re thinking – this isn’t crimeworm’s usual fare…but I was so intrigued when I read about this book, I knew I couldn’t refuse the opportunity to read and review it… ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn "Reminiscent of the The Last of the Mohicans and equally as stirring, The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn is a rare book that kept me up late into the night. ![]() But could this challenging frontier life be what her soul has longed for, what God has been leading her toward? As pursuit draws ever nearer, will her faith see her through the greatest danger of all-loving a man who has risked everything for her? With one life left behind and chaos on the horizon, Tamsen struggles to adapt to a life for which she was never prepared. The State of Franklin has been declared, but many remain loyal to North Carolina. ![]() With trouble in pursuit, Tamsen and Jesse find themselves thrust into the conflict of a divided community of Overmountain settlers. Convinced that Tamsen has been kidnapped, wealthy suitor Ambrose Kincaid follows after her, in company with her equally determined stepfather. As the two cross a vast mountain wilderness, Tamsen faces hardships that test the limits of her faith and endurance. But shedding her old life doesn't come without cost. Forsaking security and an arranged marriage, she enlists frontiersman Jesse Bird to guide her to the Watauga settlement in western North Carolina. Frontier dangers cannot hold a candle to the risks one woman takes by falling in love In an act of brave defiance, Tamsen Littlejohn escapes the life her harsh stepfather has forced upon her. ![]() |