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Barr attended public schools in Whittier, California, and private boarding schools in southern California attended Illinois College, Occidental College, University of California, University of Dijon, Dijon, France married Alfred Young Fisher, in 1929 (divorced 1938) married Dillwyn Parrish (a writer), in 1939 (died 1941) married Donald Friede (a book editor), in 1945 (divorced 1951) children: Anne (b. Born Mary Frances Kennedy on July 3, 1908, in Albion, Michigan died on June 22, 1992, in Glen Ellen, California one of four children of Rex Brenton (a newspaper editor) and Edith Oliver (Holbrook) Kennedy sister of Norah K. Name variations: Mary Frances Parrish (1939–41) (joint pseudonym with Dillwyn Parrish) Victoria Berne. American writer and gastronome who was one of her century's great prose stylists. When Americans fought in World War II, they were fighting to uphold equality for all…which exposed the hypocrisy of the very unequal conditions for blacks back home. The play's setting covers a pivotal time period for race relations in America – after WWII and before 1959. What makes Hansberry’s writing remarkable is not only her accuracy in capturing the racial dynamics of her time, but her foresight in predicting the direction black culture would take in subsequent years. It was an immediate success, however, and after several tours, it opened on Broadway, making it the first-ever Broadway play written by an African-American woman. With only one white cast member, an inexperienced director, and an untried playwright, Hansberry had difficulty finding financial backing for the play at a time when theater audiences were overwhelmingly white. On the face of it, A Raisin in the Sun was not destined for success. A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry and produced on stage in 1959, marks a watershed moment in American theater. The story was marginally entertaining and it was at least a quick read, but even at that the plot seemed to drag on. When Chance discovers Paama has his power, he sets about trying to get it back. The Chaos Stick is stolen from Chance and given to a woman named Paama who has proven herself to be kind, patient, and impervious to the suggestions of the minor Trickster deities who sometimes inhabit the bodies of insects and stir up mischief whenever possible. For this reason, the other gods no longer trust him with the Chaos Stick, the instrument of chance to nudge events toward a certain probability. Over the years, he has watched as men have squandered second chances and made a mockery/waste of the gift that is life. The basic premise of the story is that the deity known as Chance has become hardened toward mankind. Because I start to develop a Community's Jeff Winger like aversion to the feeling that someone's trying to teach me something-and I never learn anything! This didn't turn out to be as didactic as The Alchemist because it's more focused on the storytelling than on the lesson, but just waiting for that other moral-of-the-story shoe to fall was mentally exhausting. Ever since Paulo Coelho's New Agey-craptastic The Alchemist, me + fables = nervous twitch. What a lukewarm cup of "meh." After all of the stellar reviews, I just knew this was going to be ah-may-zing, but, alas, it's basically a fable. The worlds she created are so vivid and well thought out, that the reader’s gets completely immersed in this brilliant tale of lost love, mind games, and science fiction. But how does Ashira’s life relate to his? Why does he have dreams of a previous life? And what is his real purpose?Ĭ.N. Ashira’s life is tied to the story of Avalon. In order to prepare for his escape on the surface, Arthur secretly accesses the all-knowing Archive system, and discovers the story of Ashira, the beautiful and fierce War Maid, princess of the surface-world, betrayed by her father, and then by her peers. Arthur won’t accept the life programmed for him by Avalon’s powers to be, and decides to escape and fight above water with Terrans, against their oppressors, the repulsive and all-powerful Nestines. “Shadows over Avalon”, Book 1 of the Shadows series, has all the ingredients to make a captivating high concept movie.Īrthur, an incredibly gifted young citizen of the underwater city of Avalon, is so special that he’s under constant scrutiny. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this story on the big screen, as a major blockbuster, one of these days. This is what makes all the work and the hours worth it. With vivid descriptions of the battles of Towton and Bosworth, where the last Plantagenet king was slain, this dramatic narrative history revels in bedlam and intrigue. This was a period when headstrong queens and consorts seized power and bent men to their will. Some of the greatest heroes and villains of history were thrown together in these turbulent times, from Joan of Arc to Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt marked the high point of the medieval monarchy, and Richard III, who murdered his own nephews in a desperate bid to secure his stolen crown. In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to rule. The inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody Crown The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British history-the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones With an uncanny fighting ability and rare abilities, she is the only hope for salvation for her people. After she helped her people defeated a raiding party by using a special power she has, she has been hunted. Shanti grew up under the threat of constant war. “Chosen” is the first novel in the “Warrior Chronicles” series, which was released in the year 2014. She would like it if they slept through the night. She plans on waiting until they are both older until she tells them that monsters are real, as is the magic to battle them. Her two kids, however, are on board with her fantastical imagination, except for the when the monsters’ descriptions become too real. Her husband believes that she is mad to be walking around, talking to herself about swords and magic. Over every rolling hill or behind every single cow, an evil sorcerer could be plotting his coming evil deed while he holds a brick of cheese and a bottle of wine. When she is not writing, she can be found at a cafe or sipping wine and chatting with her girlfriends.īreene lives in wine country. Breene also writes under the name of Willow Summers. She writes paranormal romance, contemporary romance, and fantasy novels. Breene has sold over four hundred thousand books all over the world, and has made the USA Today Bestseller list and is a Top 10 Kindle All-Star. 'A book to completely lose yourself in' JO SPAIN 'Loved the strong female characters' HARRIET TYCE _ 'Had me absolutely hooked' JENNY BLACKHURST The police know they're lying, but why? Only these four women know the answer. In the ensuing investigation, each of these women confess to the crime, insisting they acted alone. Just twenty-four hours later, a man is found dead at the hotel. Among them are four brilliant but desperate women - Ginger, Lulu, Emily and Kate - all harbouring a secret they'd do anything to protect. But things are about to go horribly wrong. _ Why would four women confess to the same murder? At the luxurious Serenity Spa Resort on the Californian coast, guests arrive ready to celebrate what is set to be the wedding of the year. 'Twisty and entertaining' HEAT, 'Read of the Week' 'Up there with Big little Lies and Desperate Housewives' CLAIRE ALLAN 'Jackie Collins meets Miss Marple in this sassy whodunnit' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH 'Smart, twisty and heartbreaking' TM LOGAN With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Bely draws on news, fashion, psychology, and ordinary people to create a distinctive and timeless literary triumph.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Exploring themes of history, identity, and family, it sees the young Russian Nikolai Ableukhov chased through the misty Petersburg streets, tasked with planting a bomb intended to kill a government official-his own father. "The most important Russian novel of the 20th century."Ĭonsidered Andrei Bely's masterpiece, Petersburg, is a pioneering modernist novel, ranked in importance alongside Ulysses, The Metamorphosis, and In Search of Lost Time, that captures Russia's capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution in 1905. "It's interesting about how Macbeth wrote this in answer to King James I giving him praise and societal position etc" "As I am not really a writer of plays or scripts Shakespeare has always been hard for me to read." "I don’t like the way they talk and all the fancy words." I think it is very important whether William Shakespeare wrote the plays, because everyone in the world is giving his name the credit!" Aren’t we taught not to always believe the gossip we hear? I did know that some people question whether William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. "If Shakespeare never signed any of his works how do we know he wrote them? A lot of information we think we know about Shakespeare is off of gossip. |