![]() ![]() The terrifying events of that time launch them on a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love, and will ultimately transform their lives. His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco's dictatorship. ![]() But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. ![]() Internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón creates a rich, labyrinthine tale of love, literature, passion, and revenge, set in a dark, gothic Barcelona, in which the heroes of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game must contend with a nemesis that threatens to destroy them.īarcelona, 1957. ![]() Zafón focuses on the emotion of the reader and doesn't let go." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A deep and mysterious novel full of people that feel real.An enthralling read and a must-have for your library. ![]()
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![]() Combining Austen's wit and the social commentary of Downton Abbey with her own signature excitement and suspense, James has crafted a brilliant crime story.ĭeath Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction, from one of the best-loved, most- read writers of our time, and was adapted as a miniseries by the BBC in 2013, starring Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Matthew Goode. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. ![]() As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband, George Wickham, has been murdered. D.: 9780307950659: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: 15.49 List Price: 17.00 Details Save: 1.51 (9) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Thursday, March 23 if you spend 25 on items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Tuesday, March 21. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. Fitzwilliam Darcy and combining the trappings of Regency British society with a classic murder mystery, James creates a delightful mash-up that will intrigue any Janeite. Conjuring the world of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. James and literary icon Jane Austen-come together in Death Comes to Pemberley, a bestselling historical crime fiction tribute to Pride and Prejudice. Two great literary minds-master of suspense P.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() As desire transforms into love, Connor will have to defy an empire to keep Sarah at his side.īe swept away by the other sexy MacKinnon's Rangers in Surrender and Untamed. But the flames of passion, once kindled, are difficult to deny. For if her uncle knew all that Connor had done to save her, he would surely kill him. ![]() When they reach civilization, however, it is she who must protect him. Torn by tragedy from her sheltered life in London, Lady Sarah is unprepared for the harshness of the frontier - or for the attraction she feels toward Connor. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her - and claim her himself. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. Ordered to rescue Wentworth's niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. They were a band of brothers, their loyalty to one another forged by hardship and battle, the bond between these Highland warriors, rugged colonials, and fierce Native Americans stronger even than blood ties. ![]() Pamela Clare brings her expert plotting, sizzling chemistry and thrilling adventure to her sweeping MacKinnon's Rangers series, in the grand tradition of The Last of the Mohicans, perfect for fans of Maya Banks, Monica McCarty and Zoe Archer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Menzies' second book, 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance, extended his discovery hypothesis to the European continent. He was best known for his controversial book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, in which he asserts that the fleets of Chinese Admiral Zheng He visited the Americas prior to European explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, and that the same fleet circumnavigated the globe a century before the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. Historians have rejected Menzies' theories and assertions and have categorised his work as pseudohistory. Rowan Gavin Paton Menzies (14 August 1937 – 12 April 2020) was a British submarine lieutenant-commander who authored books claiming that the Chinese sailed to America before Columbus. Who Discovered America?: The Untold Story of the Peopling of the Americas (2013).The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed (2011).1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (2008). ![]() 1421: The Year China Discovered the World (2002). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This study guide refers to the 2018 HarperCollins Publisher print edition.Ĭontent Warnings: This book contains self-harm, recreational drug use and drug addiction, racism, classism, colorism, physical abuse, mental abuse, explicit wartime violence, explicit sexual violence, sexual assault, human experimentation, suicide, and genocide.įang Runin, or Rin, is a war orphan from Tikany, in Nikan’s Rooster Province. It is a two-time Goodreads Choice Award winner, a Nebula and Locus Award finalist, and a Stabby, Crawford, and Compton Crook Award winner. The book deals with themes such as the price of war and the loss of humanity. When war breaks out between her home country of Nikan and the Federation of Mugen, Rin must quickly become a hardened soldier. She discovers a mysterious power and trains to become a shaman to the vengeful god, the Phoenix. The book follows Fang Runin, a peasant girl who is accepted to Sinegard Academy. The Poppy War is followed by The Dragon Republic (2019) and The Burning God (2020). Kuang Asks: ‘What If Mao Was a Teenage Girl?‘“ NPR Book News & Features. She has stated that Rin is based on Mao Zedong and that The Poppy War trilogy explores the question, “what makes a monster?” (Yu, Alan. ![]() Kuang began writing The Poppy War at 19 while teaching debate in China. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is also the author of the novels The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, the essay collections Changing My Mind and Feel Free, and a number of short stories. Her debut novel, White Teeth, was published in 2000, shortly after she graduated from the University of Cambridge, and was an immediate critical and popular success. ![]() Zadie Smith is a contemporary English writer. The novel met with significant critical acclaim, winning the Guardian First Book Award, the Betty Trask Award, and the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Through Archie, Samad and their wives, children and acquaintance, Smith explores life, friendship and change in Britain at the turn of the 21st century. White Teeth centers around the families of Archie Jones, a white British man, and Samad Miah Iqbal, a Bangladeshi Muslim, who fought together in the Second World War and now live in North-West London. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows: The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including identity, intergenerational unrest and contemporary British society. ![]() 9782808019408 48 EBook Plurilingua Publishing This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of White Teeth by Zadie Smith. ![]() ![]() ![]() It originally belonged to a white plantation owner, Harlan Granger, who sold it to cover his taxes during Reconstruction. ![]() ![]() Unlike most black families in their area, the Logan family owns the land on which they reside. In 1933, nine-year-old Cassie Logan lives in rural Mississippi with her three brothers, Stacey (twelve years old), Christopher-John (seven years old), and Little Man (six years old). The novel contains several themes, including Jim Crow segregation, Black landownership, sharecropping, the Great Depression, and lynching. In the book, Taylor explores struggles of African Americans in 1930s Mississippi through the perspective of nine-year-old Cassie Logan. The novel is the first book in the Logan family saga, which includes four sequels ( Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), The Road to Memphis (1992), The Gold Cadillac (1987), and All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (2020)) and three prequels ( The Land (2001), The Well: David's Story (1995), and Song of the Trees (1975)) as well as two novellas ( Mississippi Bridge (1990) and The Friendship (1987)). Part of her Logan family series, it is a sequel to her 1975 novella Song of the Trees. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1977 novel by Mildred D. ![]() ![]() Hammett's childhood, his life in San Francisco, and especially his experience as a detective deeply informed his writing and his characters, from the nameless Continental Op to Sam Spade and Nick Charles. That largely overlooked phase is the subject of Nathan Ward's enthralling The Lost Detective. ![]() While Hammett's life on center stage has been well-documented, the question of how he got there has not. ![]() The tuberculosis he contracted during the war forced him to leave the Pinkertons - but it may well have prompted one of America's most acclaimed writing careers. With time off in 1918 to serve at the end of World War I, he remained with the agency until 1922, participating in the banal and dramatic actions alike of an operative. ![]() Born in 1894 into a poor Maryland family, Hammett left school at 13 and held several jobs before joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative in 1915. Before he became a household name in America as perhaps our greatest hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to Lillian Hellman and blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and his subsequent downward spiral, Dashiell Hammett led a life of action. ![]() ![]() ![]() That night, while the family celebrates with a store-bought cake, Michael calls to tell Leonie that he is being released from prison. ![]() The novel opens with Jojo accompanying Pop as he slaughters a goat. They leave behind Leonie's mother, Mam, who is dying of cancer, and Pop, (who cannot bring himself to go back to Parchman. Leonie's own father, River (Pop to his grandchildren), was falsely imprisoned there during the 1940s. In the present day, the 13-year-old Jojo and his little sister accompany his mother, Leonie, and her friend, Misty, on a trip to retrieve the children's father, Michael, from Parchman. Sing, Unburied, Sing follows the story of a family whose history is tied up with the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm. ![]() The following version of this book was used to create this Study Guide: Ward, Jesmyn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. Now, Cerys carries a small bit of the curse - the magic - in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything.Īs a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden.Ĭerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. ![]() ![]() It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy-tale-inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard.Ĭerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. ![]() |