![]() ![]() ![]() Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.Īlthough Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. ![]() After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Emily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.ĭickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. ![]()
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![]() In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas Strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word hunter. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. ![]() In To the Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who's also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an illegal immigrant. Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she's pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way. An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. Stephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli. Janet Evanovich's novels are the hottest bestsellers in America! ![]() ![]() ![]() Hester Prynne and Pearl in the foreground, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth in background. The Scarlet Letter by Hugues Merle (1861). Lawrence called it a "perfect work of the American imagination". Critics have described The Scarlet Letter as a masterwork, and novelist D. ![]() The novel has inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work of American literature. The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in the United States. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin and guilt. As punishment, she must wear a scarlet letter 'A' (for " adultery"). Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. ![]() ![]() ![]() The temperatures and solar radiation that characterize this planet are most likely too extreme for organisms to adapt to. Mercury's environment is not conducive to life as we know it. Mercury is appropriately named for the swiftest of the ancient Roman gods. But Mercury is the fastest planet, zipping around the Sun every 88 Earth days. Without an atmosphere to retain that heat at night, temperatures can dip as low as -290☏ (-180☌).ĭespite its proximity to the Sun, Mercury is not the hottest planet in our solar system – that title belongs to nearby Venus, thanks to its dense atmosphere. Because the planet is so close to the Sun, day temperatures can reach highs of 800☏ (430☌). Mercury's surface temperatures are both extremely hot and cold. From the surface of Mercury, the Sun would appear more than three times as large as it does when viewed from Earth, and the sunlight would be as much as seven times brighter. The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. ![]() ![]() The cook went out to the chickens and tried to grab the black hen. Though plenty of food had been bought, in the end, the cook had to resort to cooking some of the school’s chickens. It just so happened that during winter break, the school master had to hold a large feast for the board of directors. During the holidays, the two kept each other company. She was a pretty black hen that was so docile she was practically Alyosha’s pet. It was there he made a friend with the chicken named Nigella. Alyosha also kept busy by taking care of the school’s chickens. Stories of kings and castles kept his mind occupied. With no one to keep him company, Alyosha found refuge in fairytales. ![]() ![]() So on the weekends, while his schoolmates went to see their families, Alyosha was all alone. Alyosha was grateful for their sacrifice and studied hard.Īlas, Alyosha was very lonely at the boarding school. Petersburg, so he might grow up to become an educated young man. ![]() Long time ago there was a little boy named Alyosha. Alyosha’s parents spent all their money to send him to this fine school in St. ![]() ![]() Truda Hangnail is a very wicked witch, banned from the Five Kingdoms because of her use of deep magic. This is another fun filled fantasy in the ‘Tales from the Five Kingdoms’ stories that started with ‘The Robe of Skulls’. The good witches of Wadingburn are worried there’s a new witch in town with a bag of magic bones, and she’s so evil she makes their toes ache… The Covers of My Book are Too Far Apart (2017).Captain Crankie and Seadog Steve (2016).The Most Wonderful Thing in The World (2015).The Wonderfully Wicked Chocolate Book (1999).The Little Red Hen and the Sly Fox (1994). ![]() ![]() The Steam Whistle Theatre Company (2019).Tom & Tallulah and the Witches’ Feast (2018).The Fiendish Revenge of Leroy Jones (2018).Tillie McGillie’s Fantastical Chair (1992). ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of historical crime will relish this first adventure in a series featuring the enterprising Abbess of Meaux. ![]() In spite of occasional plot-necessary myopia, Hildegard is an engaging protagonist, sensible, kindly, resourceful and believable she is also endearingly susceptible to a pair of Saxon blue eyes (Ulf) and Norman grey ones (Hubert). Her hunt for suitable premises is interrupted by the discovery of five corpses hanging from a gibbet and later by the attempted poisoning of her old friend, Lord Roger de Hutton. Down these mean forest paths rides the well-connected Hildegard, recently widowed and even more recently a nun with money to burn, she wants to establish a religious house of her own. In November 1382, Sister Hildegard, a Cistercian nun, is hoping to find in the East Riding of Yorkshire a place where she and several other sisters can establish an abbey to minister to the sick and the poor. Much of England is woodland, and lawless. British author Clark's debut, the first in a projected series, offers careful plotting, well-drawn characters and smart dialogue. Richard II is still a minor, so instability abounds pockets of resistance remain after Wat Tyler's rebellion and there's a superfluity of popes adding to the religious turmoil already fuelled by Wycliffe and his vernacular Bible. ![]() 1382 is a good year in which to set a crime novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was my first time reading this author, but it will certainly not be my last. To be fair though, this was set in 14th century England, a time when religion was closely interrelated with one's lifestyle and it was more of a way of life. Transitions are bad too and there are too many POV changes in a chapter. Writing is a bit too young, and there is hardly any build up in some scenes. Women deserve to be loved and protected and men deserve to be cooked for and have their wants and needs addressed. If you're beautiful and kind, you NEED to get married or your looks will have been for naught. It got old quickly and annoying.Īlso, this book pretty much kept on emphasizing the fact that marriage is the most natural thing and that it's the most obvious thing to do. I'm a spiritual person, and while I don't take the Bible literally word for word, I do appreciate the lessons we can impart from it, but come on, man! There's a fine line between good and unreasonable. etc.Įvery time the MC would read the Bible for her Lord, we'd get paragraphs and pages explaining parables and the lessons learnt, with the occasional "God is SOOO good!" ![]() ![]() did this book talk about Jesus and God a lot and how they're the reasons good things come, how they're the ones blessing every good thing that happens, how they're the ones that smite the bad guys and how they're the ones curing diseases etc. I mean, I'm Catholic and I like values and insights inspired from the Bible but holy. This was the preachiest thing I've ever read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly fifteen years had passed since Ruma's only European adventure, a month-long EuroRail holiday she'd taken with two girlfriends after college, with money saved up from her salary as a para- legal. The postcards showed the facades of churches, stone fountains, crowded piazzas, terra-cotta rooftops mellowed by late afternoon sun. Occasionally a postcard would arrive in Seattle, where Ruma and Adam and their son Akash lived. Each time, she kept the printout of his flight information behind a magnet on the door of the refrigerator, and on the days he was scheduled to fly she watched the news, to make sure there hadn't been a plane crash anywhere in the world. When he was away Ruma did not hear from him. ![]() He was gone for two, three, sometimes four weeks at a time. ![]() They were package tours, traveling in the company of strangers, riding by bus through the countryside, each meal and museum and hotel prearranged. In the past year he had visited France, Holland, and most recently Italy. After her mother's death, Ruma's father retired from the pharmaceutical company where he had worked for many decades and began traveling in Europe, a continent he'd never seen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pedro McGregor – Brazilian Magic: Is It The Answer?Ĥ3. Lord Dunsany – The Curse Of The Wise WomanĤ1. Dennis Wheatley (ed.) – Uncanny Tales #3Ĥ0. Maurice Magre – The Return Of The Magiģ7. Gaston Leroux – The Phantom Of The Operaģ5. William Hope Hodgson – The Ghost Piratesģ4. An Examination Of Ancient And Modern Witchcraftģ1. ![]() Hilda Lewis – The Witch And The Priestģ0. Frances Mossiker – The Affair Of The PoisonsĢ9. Dennis Wheatley (ed.) – Satanism And WitchesĢ6. Dennis Wheatley (ed.) – Uncanny Tales #2Ģ1. Dennis Wheatley (ed.) – Uncanny Tales #1ġ0. ![]() Paul Tabori – Harry Price: The Biography Of A Ghost HunterĨ. William Hope Hodgson – Carnacki The Ghost-Finderħ. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky – Studies In Occultismĥ. The forty-five volumes were published by Sphere from 1974-1979.Ĥ. I’ve included a few sample covers from the ‘Dennis Wheatley Occult Library’ series in the gallery and some of the books will find their way into the posts but for scans of the complete collection you are advised to visit the late Bob Rothwell’s exhaustive Dennis Wheatley info. ![]() |