* It should be noted that in this volume only the ThunderClan apprentices were given a section to themselves. Tallpoppy-long-legged light brown tabby she-cat The fourth book in Erin Hunter’s 1 nationally bestselling Warriors series Join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter’s Warriors series a bestselling phenomenon. Whitethroat-black tom with white chest and paws One-eye-pale gray she-cat, the oldest she-cat in ThunderClan virtually blind and deafĭappletail-once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat Smallear-gray tom with very small ears the oldest tom in ThunderClan Halftail-big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing Fireheart is having a hard time believing it too. Bluestar is having trouble coping with the reality of Tigerclaws betrayal. Tigerclaw has been defeated and exiled from Thunderclan. Willowpelt-very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes Book four in the 1 New York Times bestselling Warriors series, Rising Storm is packed with more thrilling adventures, epic action, and fierce warrior cats. Speckletail-pale tabby, and the oldest nursery queen Longtail-pale tabby tom with dark black stripesīrightpaw-she-cat, white with ginger splotchesįernpaw-pale gray with darker flecks, she-cat, pale green eyesĪshpaw-pale gray with darker flecks, tom, dark blue eyesįrostfur-beautiful white coat and blue eyes Yellowfang-old dark gray she-cat with a broad, flattened face, formerly of ShadowClanĭarkstripe-sleek black-and-gray tabby tom Bluestar-blue-gray she-cat, tinged with silver around her muzzle
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On August 10th, NAS hosted this webinar event to discuss Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. What makes Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow great American stories? How have they informed or been informed by American folklore? Who influenced Irving's writings, and who did his writings influence? In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and its companion story, Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving explores themes of progress and tradition, the supernatural and its influence, and the place of the outsider in insular communities. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere." - Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow "From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by name of Sleepy Hollow. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence.įrom the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Awardįrom the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such as only really intellectual men have, who have no axe to grind, who never wish to shine, or to talk others down, or to appear always in the right. When one spoke to him and he, as was not always the case, dropped conventionalities and said personal and individual things that came out of his own alien world, then a man like myself came under his spell on the spot. His face was intellectual, and the abnormally delicate and mobile play of his features reflected a soul of extremely emotional and unusually delicate sensibility. He gave at the very first glance the impression of a significant, an uncommon, and unusually gifted man.Steppenwolf is a 1927 novel by German author Hermann Hesse about a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world during the 1920s. He has also written eleven novels featuring the mismatched crime-fighting duo of New York film critic Mitch Berger and Connecticut State trooper Desiree Mitry. Scott Fitzgerald and the newest entry The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes. He has written nine novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his faithful, neurotic basset hound, Lulu, including the Edgar and American Mystery Award-winning The Man Who Would Be F. Lucky that way. If anyone dumps us, hoses us, lies to us Read More.ĭavid Handler, who began his career in New York as a journalist, was born and raised in Los Angeles and published two highly acclaimed novels about growing up there, Kiddo and Boss, before resorting to a life of crime fiction. Killing people on paper is terrific therapy. We mystery writers are very, very David Handler | Theraputic Murder, Bodies, and Inspiration for THE SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS COOKIE They lost their home, their community but they made it safely and started over. I heard my father, my aunts, and my uncles tell the story as I was growing up. “My father and his family had to leave their home in Mirpur Khas, Pakistan, during the Partition. Though fictionalized, this tale of a family during India’s independence from British rule and partition in 1947 is loosely based on the experience of her own relatives. With the 2019 Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary (Kokila, 2018), author Veera Hiranandani continues the tradition of storytelling for generations to come. These experiences often connect generations, share lessons learned, and inspire hope for the future. “Remembering the mistakes of the past will hopefully createĪ more enlightened, tolerant, and peaceful future.”įrom nearly the beginning of time, people have remembered, retold, and recorded the stories of their experiences and those of their ancestors. Selfish and cold-hearted, he detests his three ex-wives and six children, who mirror his own greediness and reciprocate his antipathy. 78-year-old Troy Phelan has built a vast real estate empire and enjoys every luxury money can buy. His journey through the jungle brings him to the brink of death and awakens him to what matters most in his life. Once a high-powered, hard-drinking lawyer, 48-year-old Nate is now a jaded alcoholic and facing charges of tax evasion. When multi-billionaire Troy Phelan commits suicide and leaves his fortune to an unknown, illegitimate daughter, Nate O’Riley unexpectedly finds himself in the remote Brazilian Pantanal searching for her. While John Grisham’s 1999 novel, The Testament, is partly an adventure story and partly a courtroom drama, it’s also a tale of redemption. (1971–73) and as an editor and political cartoonist for This Magazine. In the 1970s, Atwood was involved with nationalist cultural concerns as an editor for House of Anansi Press Now Concordia University), and York University (1971–72). She held positions at the University of British Columbia (1964–65), Sir George Williams University (1967–68 Teaching CareerĪtwood also had a distinguished teaching career. In the latter, words become a refuge for weak women against male force. Its themes of women's alienation echo those in her poetry, which continued with Procedures for Underground (1970), The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970), and Power Politics (1971). In 1969, Atwood published her first novel, The Edible Woman. The Circle Game (1966), was awarded the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. Atwood's reputation as a poet was established when her second The influence of professors Jay MacPherson and Northrop Frye directed her early poetry toward myth and archetype in her first book, Double Persephone (1961). She obtained an MA at Radcliffe College, Harvard in 1962. Margaret Atwood studied English, with minors in philosophy and French, at the University of Toronto (1957–61). She started the research for “Semiosis” before even thinking about writing the novel. “Semiosis” was a Finalist for a Locus for Best Science Fiction Novel, for a Campbell Memorial Award, and made Locus Recommended Reading List. In the year 2017, she received the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation from the American Translators Association for her English translation of an excerpt from Joseph de la Vega’s Confusion de confusiones, written in Spanish in 1688. Sue has worked for forty years as a journalist, both as an editor and reporter, and she translates from Spanish into English. She has published poems, short stories, and articles in various anthologies and magazines. She grew up in Milwaukee and attended the University of Wisconsin. Sue Burke is a translator and writer that has lived in Madrid, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Austin. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. But she doesn't realize just how much the truth will change her. Luna has few memories of her time on the island, but she'll have to return to find the truth of what happened to her family. Clover is the sister she remembers-except she's still seven years old, the age she was when she vanished. When she receives a call about her youngest sister, Clover, she's initially ecstatic. Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. When two of her daughters go missing, she's frantic. Twenty years later, one is found-but shes still the same age as when she disappeared. When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it's an opportunity to start over with her three daughters-Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. About the Book Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. The secrets of witches have reached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting. Twenty years later, one is found-but she's still the same age as when she disappeared. Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. |