In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation, while her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the property next door. to Gettysburg, and while involved in the war effort witness firsthand the unparalleled horrors of slavery. She and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Washington, D.C. So when civil war ignites the nation, she follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women a bother on the battlefront. Georgeanne Woolsey isn’t meant for the world of lavish parties and demure attitudes. Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City to the horrors of the battlefield.įrom the author of the million-copy global bestseller Lilac Girls, comes a captivating new historical novel, set during the American Civil War. Popular Crime & Action Series Expand submenu.
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“Alyosha the Pot,” by Leo Tolstoy, read by Renée Elise Goldsberry “Gooseberries,” by Anton Chekhov, read by BD Wong “The Nose,” by Nikolai Gogol, read by Rainn Wilson “Master and Man,” by Leo Tolstoy, read by Keith David “The Darling,” by Anton Chekhov, read by Glenn Close “The Singers,” by Ivan Turgenev, read by Nick Offerman “In the Cart,” by Anton Chekhov, read by Phylicia Rashad In the audiobook for A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Saunders narrates his essays, and the original Russian short stories are read by a cast of celebrity admirers. Drawing from his teaching career at Syracuse’s MFA program, Saunders walks readers through his favorite short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol to demonstrate how great fiction has the ability to move and shape us. George Saunders’ new book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life, is out next month and promises to be a literary master class on the short story. With the help of his friends, family and a secret order of occult scholars, Herbie must reveal the truth despite the odds being stacked against him. After barely escaping with his life, Herbie is desperate to uncover whose blood was on the beast's hands, and what role the Light Seekers played in its creation. But what Herbie meets in the darkness is no normal woman, but a shadowy creature with hands drenched in blood. On his first night in the rift, Herbie sees mysterious lights floating in the sky followed by a frantic woman running into the desert. But Herbie quickly learns that this is no normal town-a UFO worshipping cult known as the Light Seekers have made it their headquarters, and strange happenings have plagued the town since their arrival. After his father died, he and his mother had no choice but to go and live with Herbie's grandmother in Paradise Rift. Herbie Hunter's life has been turned upside down. Writing first for small children, and then for young adults, Myers’s themes ranged from sports, to science fiction, to biography, to African and African American history, to fantasy, to adventure and even to mystery. Myers wrote for men’s adventure magazines, then won a Writers Digest contest sponsored by the Council for Interracial Books for Children with his story Where Does The Day Go?, in 1969. After serving in the United States Army from 1957 to 1960, Myers worked at the Harlem Post Office and the New York State Department of Labor he also attended classes at City College of New York, Columbia University, and at SUNY Empire State College, where he graduated in 1984.Įncouraged by John Oliver Killens, Myers published his first poem in the Delta Review in 1962. 125 and JHS 143, but dropped out of Stuyvesant High School twice once in 1952, and again in 1954. Growing up on 121st and Morningside in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, Myers, a troubled youth, struggled with a speech impediment but loved to read. At age two, Myers’s mother, Mary Green, died, and Florence Brown Dean, his father’s ex-wife and her husband, Herbert Dean, raised him. Author of over seventy children’s and young adult books, Walter Dean Myers was born Walter Milton Myers on August 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. 1989: "Dark Visions" (collection of short stories).1988: "Nightmares in the Sky" (photo book with text by King).1987: "The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three".Kathy Bates, who played Annie Wilkes, won the 1990 Oscar for Best Actress. 1987: "Misery" is the story of a homicidal nurse who takes an injured writer hostage, was turned into a critically acclaimed movie.James Caan in a wheelchair in a scene from the film 'Misery' (1990). 1985: "The Bachman Books" (collection of short novels).1985: "Skeleton Crew" (collection of short stories, poems, and a novella titled "The Mist").1984: "The Talisman" (written with Peter Straub).1982: "Different Seasons" (collection of novellas).1982: " Creepshow" (comic book, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson).1981: "Danse Macabre" (nonfiction book about horror).1978: "Night Shift" (collection of short stories).1977: "The Shining" This book was made into an iconic 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick, which King reportedly didn't like.1974: " Carrie." This was the book that put King on the map the story of a telekinetic girl and her abusive mother, Carrie goes berserk, killing her classmates after a cruel prank at the prom.1967 via Startling Stories Magazine: "The Glass Floor".
On Friday May 12, 2023, Charles Joseph Ritter, Sr., age 82 of Slidell, LA passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family. Interment to follow at Austin Cemetery, Pearl River, LA. Visitation will be held on Monday May 22, 2023, from 6 pm to 9 pm at Pine Grove United Pentecostal Church in Pearl River, LA, and again on Tuesday May 23, 2023, from 9 am until funeral time at 11 am. She is preceded in death by her parents Orbia and Murphy Graves and her son David Blackwell. (Susie), and Allen Blackwell, her sisters Peggy Thomas (R.C.) and Ivy Cavallier (Ray), numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 52 yrs., Mass Prentiss Blackwell Sr., her children Robin Graves (Yen), Cindy Yates (Joe), Mass “Tinker” Blackwell Jr. Her legacy will live on through all she leaves behind. She was retired from the clerk of court as a land and records department, served in the United States Air Force, was a faithful member of Pine Grove United Pentecostal Church, had a great love for animals and enjoyed raising numerous baby squirrels that she rescued and set back into the wild. Cindy was an amazing woman with many talents. On Friday May 19, 2023, Cynthia Ray Blackwell of Pearl River, LA, went peacefully to be with our Lord at the age of 76. Proust, a more recent French forbearer, also sought better to know himself and the world around him. Yourcenar’s literary ancestor, Michel de Montaigne’s motto was, “que sais-je?” (What do I know?). Yourcenar’s exquisite skill allows us to clearly understand Hadrian who is concerned with the judgment of posterity, welfare of heirs, condition of the world, and who especially tries to learn more about himself.Ĭertainly this book follows the concept of self-examination. His basic inner thoughts are closer to ours than we might expect. In any case, we need not be an enlightened Aristotelian monarch nor match the talented and poetic Marguerite Yourcenar to empathize with the aging Hadrian, (Publius Aelius Hadrianus). But if we could, a memoir like the one written for Hadrian would be a fine model. Alas, for most of us that day will never be. It says much to us who must die sooner or, (as we hope), later and who are reviewing and contemplating his or her own life and who might intend to write an accounting some day when, as they say, if one can get around to it. The book has an immediate and forceful impact for many of us. I found this an extraordinary book, ingenious, intellectual, interesting, and in many ways, beautiful. We have spent the last few weeks reading the remarkable novel, Memoirs of Hadrian. Hugh Lofting was born in the UK but spent most of his life in the USA. It is believed that Lofting, who thought that communication and respect could create a more harmonious world, would have liked these changes. Now a century old, the stories were later criticised for colonial attitudes and racist stereotypes, and have been re-edited. Young readers often share Dolittle’s concern for and interest in animals. The Story of Doctor Dolittle is a much-loved children’s classic that began a series of popular adventures featuring Dolittle and his animal friends. Then Dolittle receives a distress message from monkeys in Africa, and sets off to their aid, getting shipwrecked and captured on the way… Soon he is treating many animal patients. When he decides he would rather treat animals than people, Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages, from whisker twitching to ear wiggling. Dr Dolittle is a shy and kindly man with many pets who lives in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. Recasting Dog Man and his feline ward, Li’l Petey, as costumed superheroes, Pilkey looks East of Eden in this follow-up to Tale of Two Kitties (2017). Though a strong first installment, this lacks a bit of the charm his last few books ( Tommysaurus Rex, 2013 Cardboard, 2012 Ghostopolis, 2010) have had, though it certainly doesn't lose any of TenNapel's trademark brilliant imagination.Ī promising first offering now let's see where it goes. With this first in a new series, TenNapel has seamlessly transitioned his webcomic into print and masterfully blends just the right amount of exposition and plot to effectively hook new readers. Transformed by his ingenuity, sheer will and a bit of his own magic, Herk ventures out into the unknown to avenge his family. Change comes quickly for Herk when one day a savage band of Lizzarks-a fearsome race of lizardlike creatures-descends upon his home and his village. However, Herk's legs are a bit too small, and he can't make it out of the water to walk on land with the other Nnewts. Herk lives a happy life, spending his days with his beloved mother and magician father, helping them watch over their eggs and playing with his dear sister, Sissy. In a richly imagined amphibian-vs.-reptile world, Herk, a small, but plucky Nnewt, must face the viciously villainous Lizzarks after they destroy all that he holds dear. The present Poems is the first appearance of "A Visit from St. It first appeared between covers in the New Brunswick Almanack was quickly picked up by Readers and Anthologies." (Grolier). A houseguest copied it in the fall of 1823, and later sent her copy to the editor of the Troy Sentinel, where it was published first, anonymously, December 23, 1823. "Moore, a professor of Hebrew, wrote this poem in 1822 as a Christmas gift for his children. The famous poem, known better today as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," was first published in the newspaper The Troy Sentinel in 1823, and was reprinted for the first time in book form in an anthology with works by other writers in 1837. The present edition was collected and published at the request of the Moore's children. The poem "A Visit from St, Nicholas" appears on pages 124-27 for the first time in the context of a collection of the author's own work. Contemporary brown morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt.įirst edition, with an early printing of Moore's famous poem commonly referred to as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" |