![]() ![]() He must face what he is willing to sacrifice for love.īut there are other problems lurking outside the chateau of Fontainebleau: a boy in an iron mask has been seen in the woods, and the king’s finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, has proven to be more powerful than Louis ever thought-a man who could make a great ally or become a dangerous foe. As the love affair between Louis and Princess Henriette burns, it sets the kingdom on the road toward unmistakable scandal and conflict with the Vatican. ![]() ![]() He’s still a young man, but one who, as king, willfully takes everything he can get-including his brother’s wife. But what was he like as a young man-the man before Versailles?Īfter the death of his prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France. ‘ Louis XIV is one of the best-known monarchs ever to grace the French throne. ![]()
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Four main chapters vividly describe how during 240 years, Evelina, a popular novel of manners, metamorphosed without any significant alterations to its text into a Regency “rambling” text, a romantic novel for “lecteurs délicats,” a cheap imprint for circulating libraries, a yellow-back, a book with a certain aesthetic cachet, a Christmas gift-book, finally becoming an integral part of the established literary canon in annotated scholarly editions. ![]() Tracing its publication history through 174 editions, adaptations, and reprints, many of them newly discovered and identified, this book demonstrates how the novel’s material embodiment in the form of the printed book has been reshaped by its publishers, recasting its content for new generations of readers. Evelina, the first novel by Frances Burney, published in 1778, enjoys lasting popularity among the reading public. ![]() ![]() I've read several fiction and non-fiction accounts of Katherine Howard's rise and fall, and have always been glad to come to the end of her wretched story. Were these two people on crack? Who the heck thought that carrying on an adulterous sexual affair under the nose of their rampantly paranoid sovereign was a smart move? Does this monumental lapse of self-control (not to mention good judgement) completely cement the fact that sex IS the most driving force in the universe? However, the fact of her nit-wittery can be firmly laid at the foot of her royal bed, beside the equally stupid figure of Thomas Culpepper. The fact of her youth is more an indictment against fat, salacious King Henry then herself. ![]() The fact that she was uneducated was completely out of her control. Katherine Howard was little more then a uneducated, teenage nitwit. She lacked the royal dignity of Katherine of Aragon, the wit and sophistication of her cousin Anne Boleyn, the quiet calculation of Jane Seymour, the sweet (yet canny) acceptance of Anne of Cleves, and the mature calm of Katherine Parr. ![]() ![]() Katherine Howard has always been my least favorite of the wives of Henry VIII. ![]() ![]() I loved Games Magazine, and I learned a lot of great codes from that. Did you like cracking codes as a kid? Can you give us a peek at your process for devising the puzzles in the book? Q: Charlie must work to break Einstein’s seemingly unbreakable code. And PS, authority often deserves to be disrespected.” Disrespectful of authority.” Charlie would probably say “Smart. ![]() The CIA does describe Charlie in the book. Q: How might the CIA describe Charlie? How might Charlie describe herself? I’m hoping that my readers like it too, because I have many ideas for future books. I also liked writing in third person and getting to shift perspectives. Plus, it was really fun to create the character of Charlie Thorne, who is very different from those that I have written before. So I thought it would be fun to try and write something like that for young readers. I always liked the ones full of intrigue and action that hopped from one exotic location to the next. When I was a kid, MG and YA didn’t really exist, and so I read a lot of my parent’s books. What most excites you about beginning a new series? What are you looking forward to with this one?Ī new series gives you the chance to try a new style of storytelling. Q: Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation is the start to your fourth series at Simon & Schuster. Introduce Stuart Gibbs to your readers with this special Q&A that focuses on Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dahl went on to create some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. The book was commissioned by Walt Disney for a film that was never made, and published in 1943. ![]() His first children's book was The Gremlins, about mischievous little creatures that were part of RAF folklore. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.ĭahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. ![]() ![]() ![]() Symposium reflects on the ultimate manifestation of the love that controls the world, and The Republic ponders society and the philosopher's role within it. ![]() Phaedrus explores the psychology of love. ![]() Phaedo considers death and the immortality of the soul. Apology defends the integrity of Socrates' teachings. Here, in one inexpensive edition, are six of Plato's remarkable and revelatory dialogues, each translated by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett. Presented as a series of probing conversations between Socrates and his students and fellow citizens, they form a magnificent dialectical quest that examines enduring political, ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues. Plato's brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.C., rank among Western civilization's most important philosophical works. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Campbell, “they don’t talk about telepathy anymore”, Podkayne Of Mars, Heinlein and fertility, Heinlein FAQ, the economic system - Social Credit, Beyond This Horizon on Wikipedia, spread the wealth, “What is money?”, it all goes to 0’s and 1’s, waterbed conception, The John W. “We believe that an armed society is a polite society”, under the pen name Anson MacDonald, his 2nd novel, For Us The Living was first, “no nudity or free love”, The Amazing, The Astounding, And The Unknown by Paul Malmont, “a string of ideas broken up by action”, like two novellas put together, a novel about genetics and dueling, list of characters and terms, reversed names like Korea, “he’s a special guy”, moderators, germplasm, “sperm wars”, engineering away violence, Gattaca, Brave New World, “great egg!”, naturals, experimentals, written in the time of Hitler, kids are like Dune, Felix wonders what’s the point, reincarnation?, “says crazy ideas like they’re common sense”, synthesist, Scott has some quotes ready, Felix doesn’t want kids, “Felix just needs a good woman”, rambunctious scene with Felix and Phyllis, “I’m gonna kiss ya!”, Galactic Suburbia would not like this book, Heinlein’s characters, frozen football player, “everyone’s going to be a telepath”, John W. Heinlein with Scott, Jesse, and Tamahome. ![]() The SFFaudio Podcast #124 – a discussion of the Audible Frontiers audiobook Beyond This Horizon by Robert A. ![]() ![]() 'This collection was my first introduction to Alastair Reynolds' work. Readers are hooked on Alastair Reynolds' short stories: One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers. ![]() ![]() With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout shorts in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS, as well as MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG.Īlastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. This collection includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout episodes in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' The Times A superb collection of short fiction from 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fresh and buoyant, these books are good, clean fun." Ages 1-4. Twirl with the pig if you know how.' The rowdy crew in Monsters bursts in upon a mild-mannered hippo and makes 'the mess that monsters make, ' but returns to make amends. In Barnyard, farm animals dance a boisterous, breathless, knee-slapping reel called, with great panache, by a fiddle-playing cow: 'Bow to the horse. A zany sensibility gives an extra bounce to the otherwise conventional counting book One, Two, Three! A similar silliness suffuses Dinosaurs, which explores opposites. 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By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Machine derived contents note: Preface 1. His book will be an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to engage with this ground-breaking philosophical work"-Provided by publisher. For example, Rawls does not endorse welfare-state capitalism, and he is not a "luck egalitarian" as is widely believed.Mandle also explores the relationship between A Theory of Justice and the developments in Rawls's later work, Political Liberalism, as well as discussing some of the most influential criticisms in the secondary literature. In this book Jon Mandle carefully reconstructs Rawls's argument, showing that the most common interpretations of it are often mistaken. The argument for this alternative is, however, complicated and often confusing. It transformed the field by offering a compelling alternative to the dominant utilitarian conception of social justice. "A Theory of Justice, by John Rawls, is widely regarded as the most important twentieth-century work of Anglo-American political philosophy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Ĭambridge introductions to key philosophical texts. Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you. ![]() |