From the 1980s to 1992, all her novels were published by Dell. Virginia Henley first published her books under Dell Publishing. She is also regularly praised and given rave reviews by Affaire de Coeur, Heartland Critiques, Rendezvous and USA Today. Henley has won several awards for her work - including the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award, Waldenbooks' Bestselling Award, Maggie Award for Excellence from the Georgia Romance Writers. Apart from the male and female protagonists, Henley's romance novels also contain colorful supporting characters, each with their own adventures and romances which at times even rival those of the main protagonists. From the practices and traditions of the day, to the trends in fashion and down to the lives of prominent families in history - Henley combines them to create a rich background for her characters. This attention to historical details is a hallmark of her novels. Virginia Henley's novels are not typical 'bodice rippers' - attention is paid to many details such as historical events, which are integrated seamlessly into an otherwise fictional story. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages. Virginia Henley is the author of eighteen historical novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Seduced and Desired, as well as three novellas.
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5/12/2023 0 Comments The journey of marco poloSometimes in the night travelers hear a noise like the clatter of a great company of riders away from the road if they believe that these are some of their own company and head for the noise, they find themselves in deep trouble when daylight comes and they realize their mistake. Often these voices lure him away from the path and he never finds it again, and many travelers have got lost and died because of this. **Īccording to Marco Polo:"When a man is riding through this desert by night and for some reason -falling asleep or anything else -he gets separated from his companions and wants to rejoin them, he hears spirit voices talking to him as if they were his companions, sometimes even calling him by name. Instead of taking the more well-traveled sea route through the Arabian Sea to India, they headed north across present-day Iran to Afghanistan. Marco Polo and his father and uncle traveled from Venice to the Middle East by boat and then traveled overland to Baghdad and then Ormuz on the Persian Gulf. Marco Polo was 17 when their journey began in 1271. He accompanied Nicoló and Maffeo Polo, his father and uncle, on their second journey back to the East. Marco Polo traveled 7,500 miles on his famous journey from Italy to China. 5/12/2023 0 Comments Cosmos by Carl SaganLearn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more. This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. 5/11/2023 0 Comments The interestings by meg wolitzerWhat if she'd turned down the lightly flung invitation and went about her life, thudding obliviously along like a drunk person, a blind person, a moron, someone who thinks that the small packet of happiness she carries is enough." Later, when Jules is reading Ethan and Ash's Christmas letter, she says, "Their lives were much too different now for Jules to have kept up a sustained level of envy. Early in the novel, Wolitzer writes of Jules, "What if she'd said no? she liked to wonder afterward in a kind of strangely pleasurable, baroque horror.
The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story centrally concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It begins on the day that Napoleon left his first island of exile, Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period when Napoleon returned to power. The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1839: the era of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas ( père) completed in 1844. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo at French Wikisource 5/11/2023 0 Comments Openly straight book seriesAvailability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered. The book, Openly Straight ISBN# 9780545798655 in Paperback by Bill Konigsberg may be ordered in bulk quantities. who doesn't even know that love is possible. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret - not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. He likes to write.Īnd, oh yeah, he's gay. Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. Order the companion novel Honestly Ben now! The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. The award-winning novel about being out, being proud, and being ready for something else. Buy a cheap copy of Openly Straight book by Bill Konigsberg. 5/11/2023 0 Comments The Very Second Time by M. MabieHe sold his Haarlem dwelling on 26 March 1700. He was appointed a constable at Haarlem on 29 September 1696. He was then on the tax rolls continuously until July 1699. They resided in Harlem, New York, as early as Feb 1695, when Casparus appeared on the tax rolls there. Īs an adult, he adopted the surname Mebÿ (Mebij in modern Dutch orthography, variously spelled Meby, Mabie, Mabee, Maybee, and other variants in either contemporary records or later publications).Ĭasper Mebij of New York (in the records of nearly all Dutch marriages the place of the parties' births is mentioned) married Lijsbeth Schuerman of Santfort (Stamford?) on 14 December 1687 at the Reformed Dutch Church of New York in Manhattan. Casparus Pieterszen Mabie was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam on 15 February 1660, recorded as Casper, the child of Pieter van Naerden and Aechtje Jans, The baptism sponsor was Marie Boele. “It’s one thing to run away when someone’s chasing you. So, feel free to stay until the very end of this article!
5/11/2023 0 Comments 1998 novel by sarah watersIt’s this particular fascination of Waters’s - the class system with its rules, roles, and repressions coloring every aspect of personal and professional relationships - that reveals her as a quintessentially British writer and suggests why, in her last three novels, she’s been drawn to postwar flashpoints of social transition, and to the confusion and unhappiness they engender.Īfter her celebrated debut in 1998 with Tipping the Velvet, a lively romp through late-19th-century London’s theatrical demimonde, Waters explored Victorian spiritualism and women’s prisons in Affinity (1999). IN THE PAYING GUESTS, her sixth novel, Sarah Waters expands on one of the most prominent themes of her last novel, The Little Stranger: class upheaval after a war in which men of all backgrounds have fought and died together, and women of all backgrounds have experienced new independence, responsibility, opportunities, and loss. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Leaf man ehlertAfter this visual feast, young nature lovers are sure to look with fresh eyes as they walk through the woods. In this eye-catching picture book (School Library Journal), a Leaf Man made from fallen leaves flies through the skies on a breeze, observing fields of. Endpapers serve as a labeled field guide to leaf varieties and an author's note expresses Ehlert's passion for her subject, and describes her art technique. And, in the type of clever book design for which Ehlert is known, the pages are die-cut and/or patchworked at the top to create a rolling, flowing effect throughout. The boldly colored background papers, of varying texture, make the leaves pop. Fiery maple, brown mottled catalpa and bright yellow ginko leaves take the shape of various animals and objects on each spread. All the while, Ehlert sparks her foliage flight of fancy with her snazzy leaf collages. past the spotted cows," and punctuates the lyrical text with an occasional refrain ( " a Leaf Man's got to go where the wind blows "He left no travel plans." From that breezy beginning, the narrator imagines the different flight patterns the Leaf Man may have followed "past the chickens, toward the marsh. Lois Ehlert’s book Leaf Man follows a group of autumn leaves as they are blown by the wind over fields, past orchards, through prairie meadows, and across lakes and rivers. A narrator recalls the Leaf Man that used to live nearby but recently blew away with the wind. ) returns to one of her favorite themes-the rainbow beauty of autumn leaves-for this refreshing riff on leaf peeping and collecting. |