She examines, among others, Cecily Neville, the wife of Richard Duke of York, who was deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield Elizabeth Woodville, a widow with several children who married Edward IV in secret and was crowned queen consort Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, whose ambitions centred on her son and whose persuasions are likely to have lead her husband Lord Stanley, previously allied with the Yorkists, to play his part in Henry's victory. In this completely original book, Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the Wars of the Roses. These years were also packed with women’s drama and – in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births – alive with female energy. The reality though, argues acclaimed author Sarah Gristwood, was quite different. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII. How the Wars of the Roses were won and lost by the political and dynastic skills of the royal women: this is the true story behind Philippa Gregory’s dramatic novels about fiery Queens and the perils of power.
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I felt sure that the book’s 102 essays, most between one paragraph and three pages in length, would be kin to his poems, which are tender, tactile, and human, whether he’s celebrating the spastic joy of listening to a good song (“drift / of hip oh, trill of ribs, / oh synaptic clamor and juggernaut / swell oh gutracket / blastoff and sugartongue”) or articulating a swelling fury, as he does in the evocatively titled “Within Two Weeks the African American Poet Ross Gay is Mistaken for Both the African American Poet Terrance Hayes and the African American Poet Kyle Dargan, Not One of Whom Looks Anything Like the Others.” They are poems about being alert to the world and feeling ripe for play and wonder. I put off beginning the poet Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, which was published earlier this year, because I was afraid it would end too quickly. Henri Matisse: Reader on a Black Background, 1939 This book also gives a masterly account of how the imagined communities that underlie modern nationalism are created and will be of interest to students of international affairs as well as Near Eastern scholars. In so doing, he illuminates important facets of his country's present and future. Salibi offers a major reinterpretation of Lebanese history and provides remarkable insights into the dynamic of Lebanon's recent conflict. He shows that Lebanon cannot afford this divisiveness, that in order to develop and maintain a sense of political unity, it is necesary to distinuish fact from fiction and then build on what is real in the common experience of both groups. How can this be? In the light of modern scholarship, a famous Lebanese writer and scholar examines the historical myths on which his country's warring communities have based their conflicting visions of the Lebanese nation. But paradoxically the faction-ridden Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims, have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. Today Lebanon is one of the world's most divided countries. “If there was an award for ‘Most Charming Book of the Year,’ this first novel by a Swedish blogger-turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down. “ A Man Called Ove is exquisite….Backman’s characters feel so authentic that readers will likely find analogues living in their own neighborhoods.” The San Diego Union-Tribune, Best Books of 2015 You will never look at the grumpy people who come into your life in quite the same way. “You will laugh, you will cry, as his heartbreaking story unfolds through the diverse cast of characters that enter his life, all uninvited. The Swedish film adaptation of A MAN CALLED OVE has come to the US and is getting rave reviews!: Variety People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?įredrik Backman’s novel about the angry old man next door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has on countless others. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. ISBN-13: 9781476738024 Summary In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. The #1 New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm!īook Browse ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ The San Diego Union-Tribune ∙ Shelf Awareness A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman, 2012 (U.S., 2014) Atria Books 368 pp. Gunslinging, chain smoking, Stetson-wearing Taoist psychopomp, Elouise “Lou” Merriwether might not be a normal 19-year-old, but she’s too busy keeping San Francisco safe from ghosts, shades, and geung si to care much about that. Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts by Orrin Grey.The Lure of Devouring Light by Michael Griffin.Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales by Orrin Grey.Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan.And at My Back I Always Hear by Scott Nicolay.Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John Langan Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies by John Langan.How to See Ghosts & Other Figments by Orrin Grey.Memento Mori: The Fathomless Shadows by Brian Hauser.A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney.The Children of Old Leech Trade Paperback. 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Reading Level: 1.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5Ĭount your way through this silly stacking adventure with Dr. Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.89" W x 9.42" (0.58 lbs) 72 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product Series: I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books (Hardcover) Lexile Measure: 200 BR (Beginning Reading) Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers "A hilarious story in rhyme about a number of animals who could carry 10 apples on their heads."-"Elementary English.Ĭlick for more in this series: I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books (Hardcover) A beginning Beginner Book, this ingenious story uses a vocabulary of only 75 different words. Check out The Itty-Bitty Bookworm’s preschool unit based on this title!Īnnotation: Illus. In another kingdom, Leah, a necromancer princess, has to find a husband in less than four days, during the gathering, when royals from all over Aluria meet. And then it happens: Naia kisses him-and nothing will be the same again. Now, almost twenty years later, are they back? Is there another war coming? But the fae is evasive and secretive-and also alluring and fascinating, more beautiful than anyone she's ever seen. She only heard of them in stories the dreaded race that razed cities to the ground, killed her grandparents, almost rid Aluria of humans-until they disappeared. They awaken when she finds a white fae almost dying in the woods. Naia was raised in the shadow of her twin brother, the crown prince, who has iron magic much more powerful than hers. A telenovela-inspired upper YA romantic fantasy for fans of multi-POV stories, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, family drama, royal intrigue, and mysterious magic. Sure, the illogical part in all of this was that it had been way more than five weeks where Marcus had been sweet to me, kind, thoughtful, attentive, gentlemanly, generous, and even sexy. Detective Jimmy Marker had called at least ten times to share that he was disappointed with the progress of the case, but he had no intention of giving up so they were still looking. Or second, was I a kind of employee he was looking after to keep safe while they kept looking for the guy who did what he’d done to me?Īnd no one had said anything, so I reckoned he was still out there. The first, was I the damsel in distress in place of the sister he’d wished he could save? And part B of that question, was he in denial about that, thinking he was doing the right thing when he was not? Or, more to the point, it makes a girl ask a lot of questions that might not seem logical to some, but to a girl, they were as logical as it could get.įor me, these questions were two in particular. I understood why he wanted to take it slow and that was sweet.īecause, see, shit like this messed with a girl’s head.Ī man doesn’t want down her pants, that speaks volumes. In addition to his wife and son, Doctorow is survived by two daughters, Jenny Doctorow Fe-Bornstein and Caroline Doctorow Gatewood, and four grandchildren. (She later published a novel, “Pretty Redwing,” under the name Helen Henslee.) They married in Germany while Doctorow, who had been drafted, was in the Army. His family was a family of readers he was named for Edgar Allan Poe, a favorite of his father’s.ĭoctorow studied with the poet and critic John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in Ohio, where he earned a bachelor’s degree, then spent a year in the graduate program in drama at Columbia, where he met his wife, Helen Setzer, then an aspiring actress. His father, David, had a store that sold musical instruments in midtown Manhattan his mother, Rose, played the piano. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow was born in the Bronx on Jan. |