![]() ![]() ![]() He realizes his life and Kennet’s life follow the same Retains consistent, vivid memories of his grandfather Kennet, a reserved andĭistant man who showed love in deeds rather than words-for example, he leftĮrik enough money in his will to go to college.Īt the end of Fish Tales, Erik is starting to makeĬontact with his estranged, extended family, and learn more about his history. ![]() Suppress most of his childhood memories, out of sheer self-protection. The trauma of this unresolved loss caused Erik to AtĨ years old, Erik’s life was profoundly changed when his father suddenly and Is the grandfather of Erik Fiskare, the protagonist in my Fish Tales series. ![]() Why did you decide to focus on this earlier generation of theĪ: The protagonist of A Small Hotel, Kennet Fiskare, Q: A Small Hotel revisits the Fiskare family from your A former professional dancer and teacher, she lives in Westchester County, New York. It focuses on earlier generations of the Fiskare family, the protagonists of her Fish Tales series. Suanne Laqueur is the author of the new novel A Small Hotel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This is historical fiction of the first order."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "Compelling. Invigorating."-Deirdre Donahue,USA Today "Iggulden writes with sweep and immediacy.the novel races along as swiftly and inexorably as its main character."-Christian Science Monitor "Brilliantly imagined and addictive. this is historical fiction writ large."-"Zesty historical fiction, the kind with plenty of unbridled combat, accurate research, rampaging hordes and believable characters from very different cultures whose motivation rings true across the centuries. This is historical fiction of the first order."-"Publishers Weekly", starred review "Compelling. Invigorating."-Deirdre Donahue, "USA Today" "Iggulden writes with sweep and immediacy.the novel races along as swiftly and inexorably as its main character."-"Christian Science Monitor" "Brilliantly imagined and addictive. ![]() "Zesty historical fiction, the kind with plenty of unbridled combat, accurate research, rampaging hordes and believable characters from very different cultures whose motivation rings true across the centuries. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the top of this list is an emerging cold war between the United States and a coalition of authoritarian powers led by China and Russia, two nations that are increasingly cooperating on matters of national and economic security. ![]() While Doom is mainly a history of disaster, its lessons apply most urgently in our own time, which provided us an opportunity to explore some of the contemporary challenges that we face in western society with someone who thinks and writes about such risks and opportunities regularly. ![]() What all these catastrophes share in common is a striking combination of operator and managerial error resulting from systemic problems that became calamities in the face of predictable, though unimaginable crises. In Episode 189 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about his latest book, “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.” The book is a historical tour de force of epic disasters ranging from pandemics to botched military responses, to nuclear accidents. ![]() ![]() ![]() I wondered a lot about the backstory of Nick and Charlie – how did they get together? And where would their relationship go from there? Eventually I just had to write a whole story about it! Find out more about Solitaire here! In that novel, they’re in a secure, loving relationship, and because they’re not the main characters, that isn’t explored in much depth in the book. ![]() Nick and Charlie did indeed originate in my first book, Solitaire. Who inspired Nick and Charlie? I know they featured in your first novel Solitaire – why did you decide to return to these particular characters? But maybe Nick is more interested in Charlie than he thinks… Find out more about Heartstopper here! They meet at school, quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling for Nick – but he doesn’t think he has a chance. Heartstopper is an LGBT+ YA romance graphic novel about Charlie, an openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful rugby player. ![]() ![]() Without giving too much away, can you tell us a little bit about your new graphic novel Heartstopper? Here she talks about her new LGBT+ YA graphic novel, HEARTSTOPPER… Alice’s other books include Solitaire and Radio Silence. Her books include SOLITAIRE, which was published when she was nineteen, RADIO SILENCE and I WAS BORN FOR THIS. Alice Oseman is a writer and illustrator, who was born in Kent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A senior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows, Tatar joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series in a week on “After Dark: The World of Nighttime” with an exploration of the dual power of darkness and light in folklore and fairytales Loeb Research Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and of Folklore and Mythology, Emerita, at Harvard University, where her research for four decades has focused on children’s literature, German literature, and folklore. Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 am - 12:00 pm | Mystic Heart Interspiritual Meditation Program.Chautauqua Opera Company & Conservatory.Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Classical Concerts.Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.Denominations and Religious Organizations.Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) at Chautauqua. ![]() ![]() These three interlocking narratives-of girl, boy and dog-form an absorbing and strangely beautiful story of valor and survival that is all the more impressive for its restraint. ![]() Enter the world of The Storm Makers, where there's magic behind every forecast. Alone and in anguish, the girl is roused from her grief only by the need to care for Nandi and the other dogs without her human resourcefulness, they will all die. Read 87 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. We meet Musa, a brutalized young boy in a distant city whose ability to dowse for water has drawn cruel attention. The attack leaves Sarel orphaned-but the family's secret underground grotto, with its life-giving well, undiscovered. The first voice we hear is that of a dog, Nandi, who but partly comprehends what is happening when armed men spray bullets across the homestead where she and her pack live with a girl named Sarel and her parents. ![]() ![]() Three narrators shape our understanding of events in a place that feels as though it must Africa-there are dark-skinned gangs and people named Dingale and Umama, and fresh water is not so much the coin of the realm as the only thing of value. The writing in "Parched" (Harcourt, 151 pages, $15.99) is as spare, dry and desolate as the landscape that Melanie Crowder depicts in this piercing debut novel for 9- to 14-year-olds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I felt the character of Jack was hardest to get invested in. Shurtliff is great at setting up endearing characters and readable stories. I was also delighted by just how many stories Shurtliff combined to create Jack, and how creatively and seamlessly it came together. It borrows from “Tom Thumb” and “Thumbelina,” and maybe I'm reading into it but I even recognized a touch of “Thumbling the Giant” with the Tom Thumb character being kidnapped by a giant. Another interesting element was how we see the point of view swap of Rumpelstiltskin – first in Rump from the title character in Rump, then in Jack from the queen who bargained with him, who is rather foolish but also manages to be sympathetic. ![]() My personal favorites were Red – particularly the friendship between Red and Goldilocks - and Grump, with its worldbuilding of a dwarf society. So for instance, Red Riding Hood’s grandmother is Rose Red from the less-retold tale of “Snow White and Rose Red.” All four books take place in the same fantasy world, with interconnected characters. However, they bring in elements of multiple other fairytales. The books retell, in order, Rumpelstiltskin ( Rump), Jack and the Beanstalk ( Jack), Red Riding Hood (Red), and Snow White (Grump). I recently read Liesl Shurtliff’s series of fairytale retellings for children. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The plastic doesn't feel cheap like a lot of pelicans/sundolphins do. It's also pretty durable despite being so cheap. We take it to the beach with us whenever we can as it is an absolute blast to play with in the surf and easy to get on/off when you bail out. We got it for my little brother about 5 years ago and have put it through some tests. The maneuverability made it incredibly easy to change the route I wanted to take mid rapid and the extra tippiness made it more challenging and a little extra fun. I had an absolute blast a couple days ago running down a river in this and going through some class 2's. The seat is fairly comfy and actually gives pretty decent back support (you may want to add a butt pad if you have a more sensitive rear end). After you get past about 200 lbs it can get a little tippy which (depending on how experienced you are) can either be a lot of fun or a little annoying. At 8 feet it doesn't track well at all but it can turn on a dime and fit through tiny openings between rocks in a river and runs very shallow. This kayak is a lot of fun for a little price. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like many of Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterised by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work, whose loose, haphazard progress harks back to the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding.Often neglected by critics, Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-centure literature. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys, the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas, the pretentious Mantalinis and the gloriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummels and their daughter, the 'infant phenomenon'. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. The story centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. This book reminded me once again why Dickens is one of my favourites. It made me laugh and it made me cry, but most of all it made me fall in love with the kindhearted gentleman that Nicholas is. ![]() ![]() Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. What a wonderful book with a wonderful story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Janet Fitch is an American author and teacher of fiction writing. Dobreer is a member of Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Long Now Foundation. She been interviewed for Poetiscape, The Poet’s Café on KPFK, and the L.A. Peggy’s poems have been featured in the Aeolian Harp Folio Series, I and V, and in journals such as Cultural Weekly, The Rise Up Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Malpais Review, and LA Yoga Magazine. ![]() Peggy has two Pushcart Prize nominations and was awarded Downey Symphony Orchestra’s 2017 Poetry Matter’s Prize in celebration of a 60-year collaboration between the City of Downey and NASA. She has two earlier collections from Moon Tide Press: Drop & Dazzle (2018), In the Lake of Your Bones (2012). Peggy Dobreer is a poet, parent and former choreographer who brings movement, meditation, mystical traditions, visual craft and an enduring love affair with language to her E=Mc2Bodied Poetry Workshops.ĭobreer’s Forbidden Plums was selected by Glass Lyre Press for its 2021 chapbook release. ![]() |