A Quiet Life In The Country

Author : T. E. Kinsey
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Country life
ISBN : 1503938263

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A Quiet Life in the Country by T. E. Kinsey Pdf

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation... As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion, they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country. Revised edition: This edition of A Quiet Life In The Country includes editorial revisions.

Author : Ethan Joella
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982190989

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A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Pdf

From the author of A Little Hope—a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes another “heartwarming, character-driven” (Booklist) life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat—that yearly taste of relaxation they’d become accustomed to after a lifetime of working and raising two children. Now, just months after Cat’s death, Chuck finds that he can’t let go of her belongings—her favorite towel, the sketchbooks in her desk drawer—as he struggles to pack for a trip he can’t imagine taking without her. Ella Burke delivers morning newspapers and works at a bridal shop to fill her days while she anxiously awaits news—any piece of information—about her missing daughter. Ella adjusts to life in a new apartment and answers every call on her phone, hoping her daughter will reach out. After the sudden death of her father, Kirsten Bonato set aside her veterinary school aspirations, finding comfort in the steady routine of working at an animal shelter. But as time passes, old dreams and new romantic interests begin to surface—and Kirsten finds herself at another crossroads. In this beautiful and profoundly moving novel, three parallel narratives converge in poignant and unexpected ways, as each character bravely presses onward, trying to recover something they have lost. Emotionally riveting and infused with hope, “the soothing tone and warm worldview of this grown-up bedtime story will be good for what ails you” (Kirkus Reviews).

Author : Thomas F. Glick,Elinor Shaffer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781780937229

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The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe by Thomas F. Glick,Elinor Shaffer Pdf

Beyond his pivotal place in the history of scientific thought, Charles Darwin's writings and his theory of evolution by natural selection have also had a profound impact on art and culture and continue to do so to this day. The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe is a comprehensive survey of this enduring cultural impact throughout the continent. With chapters written by leading international scholars that explore how literary writers and popular culture responded to Darwin's thought, the book also includes an extensive timeline of his cultural reception in Europe and bibliographies of major translations in each country.

Author : David Matz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781573566889

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Daily Life of the Ancient Romans by David Matz Pdf

Use this fascinating reference resource to find out what it meant to be a typical Ancient Roman. Using plenty of anecdotal material written by Romans themselves, this volume explores the ins and outs of daily living for ordinary people, from their homes, to the foods they ate, to the sports and games they enjoyed. The ancient civilization is brought to life, and students can easily make comparisons between the people of that culture and the people of our own, discovering the similarities and differences between the two. Many different aspects of life in Ancient Rome are presented to provide a full and varied picture. Discover what the education system was like and what the critics had to say about it. Find out who the most successful gladiators and charioteers were, the equivalent of our modern-day sports superstars. Examine what life was like for slaves. These details and more help to provide an understanding of this ancient society that at first glance may seem very foreign but that upon closer study seems to have much in common with modern day society.

Author : Peter Preston,Paul Simpson-Housley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134843688

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Writing the City by Peter Preston,Paul Simpson-Housley Pdf

`The expression of human experience it embodies ... includes all personal history'. Saul Bellow's view of the city is far from that of classic geographical descriptions which look at growth or decline, demographic patterns, traffic flows and economic potential: these empirically conceived models of urban geography fail to accommodate the crucial human aspect of city life. Located at the interface of geography and literature, Writing the City visualizes the city through the hopes, aspirations, disappointments and pains of international novelists and creative writers. From Manchester, Montreal and Sydney to Osaka, Varanasi amd Odessa, cities become more than their built environment, more than a set of class or economic relationships: they are also an experience to be lived, suffered and undergone. Thus cities are seen in terms of the innocence of an Eden now lost, a threat of sinful Babylon and the promise of a New Jerusalem.

Author : Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy
Publisher : Librairie Droz
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : French poetry
ISBN : 2600009035

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De Arte Graphica (Paris, 1668) by Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy Pdf

Edition commentée de ce poème latin de 549 vers sur l'art de la peinture qui connut un succès considérable aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

Author : Juvenal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521356679

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Juvenal: Satires Book I by Juvenal Pdf

A new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. The essays on each of the poems together with the overview of Book I in the Introduction present the first integrated reading of the Satires as an organic structure.

Author : Horace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLI:3485247-10

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Q. Horati Flacci Sermones by Horace Pdf

Author : Augustus Hare
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783368842130

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Memorials of a Quiet Life by Augustus Hare Pdf

Author : R T Green
Publisher : Wise Owl
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daisy: Not Your Average Super-sleuth! Book 1, The Root of all Evil by R T Green Pdf

An innocent rosebush, uprooted in the middle of the night, reveals a horrific secret. Determined to bring those responsible to justice, Daisy embarks on a dangerous trail that grows darker and darker with each unexpected turn. Essentially-English, almost-certainly quirky, and definitely a little crazy, come and meet our Norfolk-based R.E.D. (Retired Extremely Daisy) heroine, and find out why she’s such a hit with readers of all ages. “One of the best cozy mysteries I’ve ever read!” “A real breath of fresh literary air!” Retirement to a sleepy East-Anglian village doesn't go quite as Daisy hoped, after a seemingly- insignificant event triggers something very significant indeed. A mystery to solve is the last thing she expects to stumble across in a sleepy village a few miles from Kings Lynn in Norfolk. To her surprise she’s adapted to country life quite well, although she rather unkindly refers to the beautiful village of Great Wiltingham as the ‘place people go to wilt’. According to Daisy, nothing is ever quite what it seems. In her case, that’s the truest thing ever spoken. She’s nothing like a pensioner is supposed to be. It could be something to do with the career she had before retiring… or perhaps because she wishes she’d never had to leave it behind at all. For some strange reason, trouble seems to follow her around. It’s been a peaceful twelve months settling into village life, but that’s about to come to an abrupt end... ‘The Root of all Evil’ is the first book in the long-running Daisy Morrow series. Check out the entire series on the new rtgreen website. While you’re there, have a look at our 1920’s historical series too, ‘The Sandie Shaw Mysteries’. Take a break from the world around you, just for a while. Relax with a smile (or a cringe) and a truly original story. Enjoy!

Author : John Bonner,George William Curtis,Henry Mills Alden,Samuel Stillman Conant,Montgomery Schuyler,John Foord,Richard Harding Davis,Carl Schurz,Henry Loomis Nelson,John Kendrick Bangs,George Brinton McClellan Harvey,Norman Hapgood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015014703295

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Harper's Weekly by John Bonner,George William Curtis,Henry Mills Alden,Samuel Stillman Conant,Montgomery Schuyler,John Foord,Richard Harding Davis,Carl Schurz,Henry Loomis Nelson,John Kendrick Bangs,George Brinton McClellan Harvey,Norman Hapgood Pdf

Author : John Campbell Colquhoun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:HX3WT1

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The Effects of Sir R. Peel's Administration on the Political State and Prospects of England by John Campbell Colquhoun Pdf

Author : Robert Foster
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : South Australia
ISBN : 9781743051757

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Turning Points by Robert Foster Pdf

How distinctive is South Australia after all? South Australia has often been represented as 'different': free of convicts, more enlightened in its attitudes toward Aboriginal people, established on rational economic principles, and progressive in its social and political development. Some of this is true, some of it is not, but mostly the story is more complex. In this book, eminent historians explore these themes by examining some key 'turning points' in South Australia's history. Henry Reynolds considers the question of Aboriginal rights to land. Bill Gammage illustrates the nature of Aboriginal land management. Paul Sendziuk unravels the myth of the colony's convict-free origins, while Robert Foster and Amanda Nettelbeck reveal a surprisingly strong sense of 'nationalism' in colonial South Australia. Susan Magarey traces the histories of two crucial events in the advancement of women. Neal Blewett examines the political innovations of Don Dunstan. Jill Roe looks at life in the country in twentieth-century South Australia, and Mark Peel life in the city, in particular the migrant experience after World War Two. Finally, John Hirst asks: 'How distinctive was South Australia after all?'

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Livestock
ISBN : UOM:39015080378352

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The National Live-stock Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julie Coleman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199254705

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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries by Julie Coleman Pdf

The second volume of Julie Coleman's fascinating and entertaining history of the uses and the recording of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858 and explores its first manifestations in the USA and Australia.During this period glossaries of cant are thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now include the language of thieves and cover a broad spectrum of non-standard English. Cant represented a practical threat to life and property. Slang, the author reveals, was a threat to the moral core of society, insidiously seductive to a wide section of the public.Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionised lexicography of non-standard English. She explores the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police.