Author : Lynne Reid Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 1912546655
Dark Quartet
Lynne Reid Banks
Dark Quartet
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Dark Quartet
Lynne Reid Banks
Author : Lynne Reid Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 0140083057
Dark Quartet by Lynne Reid Banks Pdf
De levensgeschiedenissen van de Egelse schrijfster Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), Emily Brontë (1818-1848), Anne Brontë (1820-1849) en hun broer Branwell (1817-1848).
Dark Quartet
Lynne Reid Banks
Author : Lynne Reid Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 019777153X
Dark Quartet by Lynne Reid Banks Pdf
The Biography Book
Daniel S. Burt
Author : Daniel S. Burt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313017261
The Biography Book by Daniel S. Burt Pdf
From Marilyn to Mussolini, people captivate people. A&E's Biography, best-selling autobiographies, and biographical novels testify to the popularity of the genre. But where does one begin? Collected here are descriptions and evaluations of over 10,000 biographical works, including books of fact and fiction, biographies for young readers, and documentaries and movies, all based on the lives of over 500 historical figures from scientists and writers, to political and military leaders, to artists and musicians. Each entry includes a brief profile, autobiographical and primary sources, and recommended works. Short reviews describe the pertinent biographical works and offer insight into the qualities and special features of each title, helping readers to find the best biographical material available on hundreds of fascinating individuals.
Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz
Teddy Wilson,Arie Ligthart,Humphrey van Loo
Author : Teddy Wilson,Arie Ligthart,Humphrey van Loo
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826402288
Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz by Teddy Wilson,Arie Ligthart,Humphrey van Loo Pdf
A candid account of Wilson's life and career, from his childhood to his association with the critic and producer John Hammond, with Benny Goodman, Billie Holliday, his own bands, Earl Hines, and Art Tatum.
Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists
Tim Woods
Author : Tim Woods
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781134709915
Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists by Tim Woods Pdf
Taking in novelists from all over the globe, from the beginning of the century to the present day, this is the most comprehensive survey of the leading lights of twentieth century fiction. Superb breadth of coverage and over 800 entries by an international team of contributors ensures that this fascinating and wide-ranging work of reference will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in modern fiction. Authors included range from Joseph Conrad to Albert Camus and Franz Kafka to Chinua Achebe. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists gives a superb insight into the richness and diversity of the twentieth century novel.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Salman Rushdie
Author : Salman Rushdie
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345810243
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie Pdf
From one of the greatest writers of our time: the most spellbinding, entertaining, wildly imaginative novel of his great career, which blends history and myth with tremendous philosophical depth. A masterful, mesmerizing modern tale about worlds dangerously colliding, the monsters that are unleashed when reason recedes, and a beautiful testament to the power of love and humanity in chaotic times. Inspired by 2,000 years of storytelling yet rooted in the concerns of our present moment, this is a spectacular achievement--enchanting, both very funny and terrifying. It is narrated by our descendants 1000 years hence, looking back on "The War of the Worlds" that began with "the time of the strangenesses": a simple gardener begins to levitate; a baby is born with the unnerving ability to detect corruption in people; the ghosts of two long-dead philosophers begin arguing once more; and storms pummel New York so hard that a crack appears in the universe, letting in the destructive djinns of myth (as well as some graphic superheroes). Nothing less than the survival of our world is at stake. Only one, a djinn princess who centuries before had learned to love humankind, resolves to help us: in the face of dynastic intrigue, she raises an army composed of her semi-magical great-great--etc.--grandchildren--a motley crew of endearing characters who come together to save the world in a battle waged for 1,001 nights--or, to be precise, two years, eight months and twenty-eight nights.
The Shadow of Alpha
Charles L. Grant
Author : Charles L. Grant
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Shadow of Alpha by Charles L. Grant Pdf
Introducing Parric: an ordinary civil servant being ground up in a mill of paperwork, who is given a chance to work on an experimental government project — to live secretly in a town entirely populated by androids — whose very existence, if it were known, would disrupt society — something the repressive society does not want. But Parric is happy in his secret village, protected by a force-field from outsiders, in contact with only a few others in similar positions in other secret villages. Protected, until war breaks out and civilization outside calls in the horrifying Plaguewind. Then the experimental androids, affected by the plague in strange ways, become killers! Parric must escape his village, then trek across the desolated countryside, in danger from the surviving mobs of plague victims, to the control center of the secret android project, in an attempt to join other men in starting a new civilization.
Realms of Wonder
Aaron Rosenberg,David Niall Wilson,Al Sarrantonio,Chet Williamson,Charles L. Grant,Craig Shaw Gardner,Melissa Scott,Jo Graham,Kathryn Ptacek,John DeFilippis
Author : Aaron Rosenberg,David Niall Wilson,Al Sarrantonio,Chet Williamson,Charles L. Grant,Craig Shaw Gardner,Melissa Scott,Jo Graham,Kathryn Ptacek,John DeFilippis
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 3455 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Realms of Wonder by Aaron Rosenberg,David Niall Wilson,Al Sarrantonio,Chet Williamson,Charles L. Grant,Craig Shaw Gardner,Melissa Scott,Jo Graham,Kathryn Ptacek,John DeFilippis Pdf
The first of our series of holiday bundles, Realms of Wonder features fourteen novels of science fiction or fantasy by various award-winning and bestselling authors. For $2.99, you're getting fourteen novels, each the first book in a continuing series, containing over 1.15 million words in total, and a savings of almost $50 if each title was purchased separately. This bundle is only available for a limited time, so purchase your copy before it's gone. Titles included in this collection: The Birth of the Dread Remora - by Aaron Rosenberg - Book I of The Tales of the Scattered Earth The Parting - by David Niall Wilson - Book I of the Novels of the O.C.L.T. Haydn of Mars - By Al Sarrantonio - Book I of The Masters of Mars Trilogy City of Iron - By Chet Williamson - Book I of The Searchers Series Exile - By Al Sarrantonio - Book One of The Five Worlds Trilogy Blood River Down - By Charles L. Grant - Book I of The Quest for the White Duck Trilogy A Malady of Magicks - By Craig Shaw Gardner - Book I of The Ebenezum Series Symphony - By Charles L. Grant - Book I of The Millennium Quartet Lost Things - By Melissa Scott & Jo Graham - Book I of The Order of the Air The Phoenix Bells - By Kathryn Ptacek - Book I of The Land of Ten Thousand Willows Heart of a Dragon - By David Niall Wilson - Book I of The DeChance Chronicles No Small Bills - By Aaron Rosenberg - Book I of The Adventures of DuckBob Five-Twelfths of Heaven - By Melissa Scott - Book I of The Roads of Heaven Trilogy The Quest of the Thirteen - By John DeFilippis - Book I of The Medallion of Mavinor Series
Mr Charlotte Brontë
Alan H. Adamson
Author : Alan H. Adamson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773533653
Mr Charlotte Brontë by Alan H. Adamson Pdf
Few people seeking to avoid the glare of publicity have had more of it turned on them than Charlotte Brontë's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Some critics have implied that he not only put a stop to her writing but might even have inadvertently caused her death. Alan Adamson's biography takes recent scholarship into account and adds new material about Nicholl's family, education, and early life in Ireland to give a more balanced view. The book explores why Brontë, cool and often hostile towards Nicholls in the early days of his curacy at Haworth, came to respect and love him, and how Patrick Brontë, her difficult father, grew to rely on him after her death. Drawing on Nicholl's correspondence with, among others, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Nussey and Harriet Martineau, Mr Charlotte Brontë: The Life of Arthur Bell Nicholls presents a compelling picture of Nicholls' efforts to emphasize Brontë's literary reputation and curtail speculation about her private life.
The Bronte Myth
Lucasta Miller
Author : Lucasta Miller
Publisher : Random House
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446426210
The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller Pdf
A fascinating and wonderfully readable deconstruction of the countless myths that have grown up around the Brontës. Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian pyschobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels, from sensation-seeking penny-a-liners to meticulous works of sober scholarship. Each generation has rewritten the Brontes to reflect changing attitudes - towards the role of the woman writer, towards sexuality, towards the very concept of personality. The Bronte Myth gives vigorous new life to our understanding of the novelists and their culture and Lucasta Miller reveals as much about the impossible art of biography as she does about the Brontes themselves. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR
Mozipedia
Simon Goddard
Author : Simon Goddard
Publisher : Random House
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407028842
Mozipedia by Simon Goddard Pdf
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original and controversial voices in the history of popular music. With The Smiths, he led the most influential British guitar group of the 1980s, his enigmatic wit and style defining a generation. As a solo artist, he has continued to broach subjects no other singer would dare. Worshipped by some, vilified by others, Morrissey is a unique rock and roll creation. The 300,000 words of Mozipedia make this the most intimate and in-depth biographical portrait of the man and his music yet. Bringing together every song, album, collaborator, key location, every hero, book, film and record to have influenced his art, it is the summation of years of meticulous research. Morrissey authority Simon Goddard has interviewed almost everybody of any importance, making Mozipedia the last word on Morrissey and The Smiths.
Curious Disciplines
Sarah Hayden
Author : Sarah Hayden
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826359339
Curious Disciplines by Sarah Hayden Pdf
The transnational modernist Mina Loy (1882–1966) embodied the avant-garde in many literary and artistic media. This book positions her as a theorist of the avant-garde and of what it means to be an artist. Foregrounding Loy’s critical interrogation of Futurist, Dadaist, Surrealist, and “Degenerate” artisthood, and exploring her poetic legacies today, Curious Disciplines reveals Loy’s importance in an entirely novel way. Examining the primary texts produced by those movements themselves—their manifestos, magazines, pamphlets, catalogues, and speeches—Sarah Hayden uses close readings of Loy’s poetry, prose, polemics, and unpublished writings to trace her response to how these movements wrote themselves, collectively, into being.
The String Quartets of Beethoven
William Kinderman
Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252091629
The String Quartets of Beethoven by William Kinderman Pdf
"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.
British Moths
James Lowen
Author : James Lowen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472987372
British Moths by James Lowen Pdf
A complete beginner's guide to British moths. Moths are sometimes overlooked compared to the day-flying butterflies, however, many moths are even more colourful, accessible and fascinating. Britain and Ireland are home to an incredible array of moths, with more than 2,500 species known, and increasing numbers of people have discovered the joy in watching, catching and photographing this diverse group. But, where should you start in being able to identify them? British Moths: A Gateway Guide is a wonderful introduction to 350 species of the most common and eye-catching adult moths that you may encounter in the UK. Rather than being grouped in taxonomic order, species are organised by season, and similar-looking moths are placed alongside one another for ease of identification. Concise species accounts include information on key features, making it easy to distinguish between confusion species, seasonality, and when and where to see them; each account is also placed alongside photos that have been carefully chosen to aid identification with clearly-marked top tips. From the author of Much Ado About Mothing, this is the perfect companion for anyone wanting to learn more about these beautiful and remarkable creatures - from hawk-moths to tigers and ermines to emeralds.