![]() According to local judgment, Aurdwynn’s quarrelsome, competitive, rebellious duchies cannot be ruled, even by the empire. Having distinguished herself at school, she receives the powerful appointment of Imperial Accountant to the cold northern land of Aurdwynn. Farrier, she learns, is one of a handful of shadowy figures who form the real power behind the emperor. Baru formulates a secret plan to rise through the ranks of the imperial civil service and eventually reach the seat of power in the distant capital, Falcrest, since only there, she reasons, will she find a way to free her people. She meets Cairdine Farrier, who represents himself as a merchant and encourages her higher education in imperial schools. A highly intelligent child, Baru conceals her deep hatred. Taranoke’s easygoing culture, with its acceptance of homosexuality and multiple parentage, crumbles-a brutal fact Baru grasps only when one of her two fathers is murdered by imperial troops. ![]() The new imperial overlords offer significant advantages, including superior if doctrinaire education and medicine, but insist upon rigid sexual convention. ![]() The arrival of the Empire of Masks at Taranoke, 7-year-old Baru Cormorant’s home, signals a swift collapse of local autonomy, with the peaceful island’s economy subverted by financial deceit and little means of military resistance. Fantasy intrigue, power politics, and revenge: Brooklyn resident Dickinson’s first novel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When a mysterious billboard featuring the Tudor rose of King Henry VIII and the quote, "So now get up" - appeared last year in London's Leicester Square - people went nuts. ![]() So The Mirror & the Light arrives amidst huge anticipation. Both won Man Booker prizes for their author - Mantel is the first woman and the first British author to boast a double win for the prestigious award. The first book, Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up The Bodies, sold millions of copies, despite being doorstops - and were adapted into acclaimed stage and television dramas. Hilary Mantel's much-loved trilogy about King Henry VIII's powerful chief minister Thomas Cromwell comes to an end this week, with the publication of the third book in her series, The Mirror & the Light. It's time for the end of an era - one that began in the 16th century. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Mirror & the Light Author Hilary Mantel ![]() ![]() ![]() Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. In this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. On a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. ![]() The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:822676749 Scandate 20101015024216 Scanner . ISBN 9780330259842 Publication Year 1980 Format Paperback Language English Book Title Fountains of Paradise Item Height 180mm Author Arthur C. The Fountains Of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke 1980 Fontana Paperback Sci Fi. OL17403W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.33 Pages 328 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0345347943 Urn:lcp:fountainsofparadcla00clar:epub:c8f43fd4-3a22-4f7c-a84f-0e7763b95f4f Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier fountainsofparadcla00clar Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5m910n17 Isbn 0345253566ĩ780345253569 Lccn 78014072 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:fountainsofparadcla00clar:lcpdf:3a6f370f-1f53-4a92-b515-d62487eaf2d3 Childhoods End (Syfy TV Tie-In) by Arthur C Clarke Mass Market Paperback. Clarke Publisher Grand Central Publishing Release 01 August 2001 Subjects Fiction Science Fiction Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Clarke Format ebook ISBN 9780446677943 Author Arthur C. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:28:39 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA126615 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Ballantine Books ed. The Fountains of Paradise ebook By Arthur C. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s only a matter of time before Maia loses herself completely, but she will stop at nothing to find Edan, protect her family, and bring lasting peace to her country. ![]() ![]() glancing in the mirror to see her own eyes glowing red, losing control of her magic, her body, her mind. Ever since she was touched by the demon Bandur, she has been changing. The boy she loves is gone, and she is forced to don the dress of the sun and assume the place of the emperor’s bride-to-be to keep the peace.īut the war raging around Maia is nothing compared to the battle within. She returns to a kingdom on the brink of war. Maia Tamarin’s journey to sew the dresses of the sun, the moon and the stars has taken a grievous toll. The thrilling sequel to SPIN THE DAWN, a magical series steeped in Chinese culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bunting wake up to sounds of the vicarage being burgled. The local doctor, Cuss, visits Griffin at the inn, and is shocked to see that his sleeve is completely empty where an arm should be-yet he still manages to pinch Cuss’s nose. The villagers gossip, inventing many different theories about him. He does not attend church or communicate with anyone outside of the village, and only goes out at night. Griffin stays at the inn for a number of months. Hall hears the sound of bottles smashing, and when she asks Griffin about this he tells her not to bother him, saying that she can add extra charges to his bill. ![]() The following day, the carrier Fearenside brings Griffin’s luggage, which is filled with scientific equipment, handwritten notebooks, and crates of fluids, some of which are labeled Poison. Later that day, Griffin explains that he is an “experimental investigator” and that he needs his equipment. Griffin is rude to her, and impatiently asks when he will be able to get his luggage from the train station. Hall notices that Griffin’s face is also wrapped in bandages. ![]() Hall, who runs the inn, lights a fire for him. ![]() He is completely wrapped up in clothing, which he does not take off even after Mrs. A strange man (later introduced as Griffin) arrives in Iping and takes lodging at the Coach and Horses Inn. ![]() ![]() That night, Lindy and Kris hear strange noises coming from inside their house. Kris assumes that Lindy is the one speaking, but Lindy insists that she isn't controlling the dummy. Wood, currently being held by Lindy, begins hurling insults at Kris. Lindy offers to help Kris improve her act, but Mr. Berman, Kris's music teacher, asks her to perform a ventriloquist act for the school's upcoming spring concert. Powell reveals that he has bought a ventriloquist dummy for Kris from a pawn shop. However, when Kris tries to take Slappy from Lindy, Slappy hits Kris in the face. Lindy and Kris's parents ask the two girls to share the dummy. Since some of the neighborhood kids seem to love her ventriloquism, Lindy decides to start using Slappy for children's acts and birthday parties. Lindy uses her dummy to gain popularity, and Kris quickly becomes jealous. ![]() While searching through a garbage container near the house, Lindy finds a mysterious ventriloquist's dummy and decides to call him Slappy. The two girls decide to inspect a house that is under construction. Lindy and Kris Powell are walking through their neighborhood. ![]() No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk.īut Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. ![]() ![]() Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. ![]() ![]() Moving backward in time is a smart move by Cameron, and also avoids the natural question of just how long we can keep Ryan as President of the United States in the contemporary setting. While Clancy cut his teeth on Cold War stories, the real world moved much faster than his publishing plans, so we didn't actually get very many Jack Ryan books sets in this era. ![]() Thankfully, Red Winter fares much better than that book, on first impression. ![]() I believe the last time we were this early in Jack's career as a newbie CIA analyst was for Clancy's own forgettable Red Rabbit, back in 2002. Marc Cameron takes Jack Ryan back to the height of the Cold War in Red Winter, the 34th overall book in the Jack Ryan Universe and sixth by Cameron, chronologically set just after Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October. ![]() ![]() ![]() What makes this even more intriguing is that fact that Johnny Gruelle, either unwittingly or with the great sense of humor he was known for, initiated many of these legends, a number of which are continuously repeated as the factual history of Raggedy Ann and Andy. ![]() Because Gruelle was a natural born storyteller, it followed that his dolls would star in whimsical, fanciful tales, based on fantasy and make believe.īecause of this, Johnny Gruelle's little rag dolls have also found themselves at the center of several legend cycles - groups of stories that, while containing kernels of truth, are more myth than they are history. They were literary characters as well, possessing attributes and outlooks reflecting trustworthiness, kindness, and spunk. At the hand of their creator, cartoonist-illustrator-author Johnny Gruelle, the Raggedys weren't ever simply dolls. ![]() Raggedy Ann, and her equally spirited rag brother, Andy are the world's best-known and most adored rag dolls. ![]() |