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![]() Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. ![]() We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. The third in Trollope's Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humour and a keen perception of human nature. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie's truthfulness is thrown into doubt, and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts. She maintains it was a gift from her husband, but the Eustace lawyers insist she give it up, and while her cousin Frank takes her side, her new lover Lord Fawn states that he will only marry her if the necklace is surrendered. The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope Following the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. ![]() ![]() ![]() While"2001" suggest that alien life might exist, "2010"portrayed aliens evolving right in our own solar system, both deep in theatmosphere of Jupiter and the underground oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa. The largest and most energetic inertialconfinement fusion system built to date, the National Ignition Facilityin California, is set to begin experiments this year to reach the long-soughtgoal of "ignition," producing more energy than was put in to startthe reaction. ![]() Still, the strategy the Sakharov drive employed ? inertialconfinement fusion, which uses lasers to heat and compress pellets of fuel ? could see a majoradvance in 2010. ![]() Scientistshave yet to master thermonuclearpower. TheSakharov drive, named after Russian nuclear physicist and political dissidentAndrei Sakharov, uses this energy to heat and expel liquid hydrogen andpotentially methane, ammonia and even water. ![]() Innuclear fusion, atomic nuclei are forced to fuse together, which can generatean extraordinary amount of power when a fraction of the mass of these atomsgets converted into energy, following Einstein's famous equation: E=mc^2. In"2010," the lead characters venture out to Jupiter employingspacecraft equipped with "the Sakharov drive," which uses "a pulsedthermonuclear reaction to heat and expel virtually any propellantmaterial." ![]() ![]() ![]() As the feline population explodes, “your cats wove in and out of your legs,” Ms. A woman dumped by a man makes “dunes” of cat litter across her house floor. In fact, in “You and Your Cats,” she takes the idea of the lonely cat lady to its extreme. ![]() Hunter always makes you care about her characters, many of whom are lonely girls and women. ![]() Hunter’s prose, the line would be jagged: rising with a well-observed moment - a girl’s hand “crabcrawling” from a boy’s thigh to his zipper - and free-falling with breathless run-on sentences that try too hard. With his father passed out drunk, he gets a ride home from his sister and confronts death firsthand when their car hits a pregnant deer and kills it.ĭON’T KISS ME By Lindsay Hunter 175 pages. In “Snuff,” another teenager tries to come to terms with the murder he’s just watched on film at a party outside town. As the boy awakens to what might be possible with her, he discovers her in bed with his father. In “Cash or Trade,” the narrator, who’s just finished his junior year, spends an afternoon drinking beer with the sexy 19-year-old drifter his used-car-salesman dad has hired to wash cars in her cutoffs. ![]() Angel focuses on teenagers living in nothing California towns who are promoted to manhood early, usually because of an absence or failure in the parental ranks above them. In this accomplished, moving collection of stories about boys, she proves the uselessness of the old dictum that you should write what you know. $14.95.Īccording to her bio in the back of the book, Ms. YOU ONLY GET LETTERS FROM JAIL By Jodi Angel 286 pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ze hoeven niet langer samen te werken om die ene persoon in stand te houden, het is als het rafelen van een trui, steek na steek verlaat de vorm waarin hij was gevangen. De atomen die haar lichaam bij elkaar hield, zijn vrij nu. All in all, a tremendous ambassador for Dutch-language literature. 7 quotes from Annelies Verbeke: 'Tante is niet weg. ![]() Her work is still slightly out of the box, continually focussing on new goals, and she remains a fervent advocate of the short story. ‘Sleep!’ marked the birth of a new voice in Dutch literature, and Annelies Verbeke has proven with her oeuvre so far that her debut wasn’t just a stroke of beginner’s luck. ‘Sleep!’ sold 75,000 copies, won the Flemish debut prize – the Gouden Ezelsoor – and was translated into 22 languages. We invited the author for a conversation and the rest is history.Ī positive review in the Dutch paper NRC, in which ‘Sleep!’ was praised as the best debut since Arnon Grunberg’s ‘Blue Mondays’, gave the book an incredible kick start. Her work had stylistic strength, thematic appeal and clarity of structure. ![]() That brought a smile to our faces, but what followed was more important: the manuscript itself was full of promise from the outset and that promise became more real with every page. ‘In 2003, we selected a manuscript from our massive pile of submissions entitled ‘Sleep!’ The author, a certain Annelies Verbeke, noted in her accompanying letter that she had wanted to send a huge cake along with her book from which she would suddenly appear and introduce herself. ![]() ![]() Exemplaire du Service de presse, bien complet de sa jaquette. ![]() Vermeer, Johannes and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. BISTOEN, Martine FABBRICOTTI-VAUTE et J.Raoul MENGARDUQUE d'un ouvrage publié en 1995 sous la direction de Arthur Kingsland WHEELOCK Jr. Vermeer: The Complete Works by Wheelock Jr., Arthur K. ![]() et Ben BROOS précédé de textes sur la vie et l'art de l'artiste par Arthur Kingsland WHEELOCK Jr., ses thèmes modernes et la tradition par Albert BLANKERT, sa renommée par Ben BROOS, ses méthodes de travail par Jørgen WADUM chronologie index bibliographie. Broos, Ben and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Catalogue de l'exposition consacrée à l'oeuvre de Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) présentée en 1995-1996 à la National gallery of art (Washington) et au Koninklijk kabinet van schilderijen, Cabinet royal de peintures Mauritshuis (La Haye): 23 n°s illustrés, décrits et commentés par Arthur Kingsland WHEELOCK Jr. : Johannes Vermeer (9780300065589) by Wheelock Jr., Arthur K. ![]() Très bon état cachet du Service de presse. 229p., 1 feuillet nombreuses illustrations in texte, vignettes et pleines pages, en noir et en couleurs. ![]() There is only one image of him - believed to be a self-portrait - and little else is known about his short life. Paris, Flammarion, 1 volume 24,5 x 30,8cm Reliure éditeur pleine toile sous jaquette illustrée couleurs. Vermeer was born in the Dutch town of Delft. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was my first Meagan Brandy novel, and while I wasn’t exactly blown away, I can say that she can also certainly write an engaging romance novel that had me turning the pages late into the night to see what happened next. It turned out, he and I were never playing the same game. The thing about pretending, though, someone’s always better at it, and by the time I realized my mistake, there was no going back. So well, the lines between us began to blur until they disappeared completely. I thought it would be harder, convincing everyone our school’s star receiver was mine and mine alone, but we played our parts well. Sometimes all you have to do is open your eyes and realize it found you first.” – Meagan Brandy, “Fake it ‘TIl You Break It” What It’s About: You don’t have to be looking to find the best fucking thing for you. ![]() Genre(s): New Adult, New Adult Romance Total Star Rating: 3.75 Stars ![]() ![]() I have organized my notes into my own categories, and I’ve added bold to some quotes for emphasis. ![]() All quotes are from the author, Rick Warren, unless otherwise stated.Publishers Weekly claims it is the “bestselling nonfiction hardback in history.” You can watch a good TED Talk by Rick Warren in this The Purpose Driven Life teaser post.īefore we dive in, some quick housekeeping: Regardless of the actual number, it’s a lot-so many that it’s been translated into over 85 languages.Īnd, not only is it a top book on life purpose, but it’s consistently in the top 50 books of all-time. The updated book cover now says over 34 million copies have sold, but Wikipedia claims the number is actually over 60 million. ![]() The Purpose Driven Life had apparently sold over 30 million copies by 2007. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren ( Amazon) is in the top 3-and quite possibly #1 in terms of sales. ![]() I’m currently on a mission to read the best books on meaning and life purpose. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Bardugo knocked it out of the park not only is Diana physically strong, but she has a strong emotional understanding and builds real relationships with the other characters.
![]() ![]() Cather’s close relationship with the landscapes of her life-notably the American prairie, the landscape most often cited in discussions of her work-was a foundational influence for the landscapes she built, image by image, in her stories and novels. Rundstrom’s words aptly introduce the intersection of landscape and meaning that is apparent in Cather’s My Ántonia and The Professor’s House. ![]() Literary geographers examine an author’s conceptual sense of place to enhance understanding and to enrich readers’ geographies” (217). Authors use invented literary settings, the where of a story, to represent landscape symbolically. In her article, “Harvesting Willa Cather’s Literary Fields,” Beth Rundstrom discusses the humanistic outlook evident in most scholarship surrounding literary geography, as she writes, “Human-land relationships are the inspiration and impetus for invented landscapes…. ![]() |