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The remains of the day book reviews5/11/2023 And, as his ruminations in the pages of this novel show, he is not really ever himself even when he is alone.Ĭertainly, he is unwilling to let himself experience his feelings or, for the most part, even recognize their existence. Stevens, the son of a butler, is a man who has taken on the role of the butler to such an extent that, as he relates, he is never off-duty unless he is alone. His solution is that he will work even harder at learning the skill of bantering. “I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day.” On the second to the last page of this 1989 novel, Stevens, an English butler who, during an auto trip through the countryside, is musing about events in his life, decides that he needs to stop thinking so much about his past. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is a sad, bleak book about a man who finds near the end of his life that he has wasted it.
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High Society by Donald Spoto5/11/2023 Though she admitted to missing acting, Kelly settled into her life as a royal, raising three children until her death in a car crash. Spoto, as an expert in the films of Alfred Hitchcock and one of the late director's few confidantes, spends considerable time revisiting the trio of films Kelly made with the master of suspense: Dial M for Murder Though she spent less than seven years in Hollywood, Kelly became an icon of the era. Kelly attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, where she developed a love of theater, nurtured by her uncle, the actor and playwright George Kelly. Drawing on hours of personal interviews with Kelly as well as with her numerous co-stars including Cary Grant and James Stewart, Spoto traces the star's life from her childhood in a wealthy Philadelphia neighborhood through her brief but noteworthy career in Hollywood to her years as the wife of Monaco's Prince Rainer. ) gives readers a previously unseen glimpse into the life of Grace Kelly (1929–1982), who went from Academy Award–winning actress to princess of Monaco. Noted film biographer Spoto ( Spellbound by Beauty
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Aleron kong the land series5/11/2023 Actions have consequences across The Land, with powerful creatures and factions now hell-bent on Richter's destruction.Ĭan Richter forge allegiances to survive this harsh and unforgiving world or will he fall to the dark denizens of this ancient and unforgiving realm?Ī tale to shake "The Land" itself, measuring 10/10 on the Richter scale, how will Richter's choices shape the future of The Land and all who reside in it? Can he grow his power to meet the deadliest of beings of the land? When choices are often a shade of grey, how will Richter ensure he does not become what he seeks to destroy? Tricked into a world of banished gods, demons, goblins, sprites and magic, Richter must learn to meet the perils of The Land and begin to forge his own kingdom. Welcome to The Land, Audible's 2018 Customer Favorite!Įnter a mesmerizing tale reminiscent of the wonder of Ready Player One and the adventure of Game of Thronesīook 1 of a 7 Book series that will Amaze and Delight you for weeks!
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They are young ambitious Toronto medical students who graduate and practice medicine in their respective specialties, their hectic lives intertwined with each other, their families, and various patients.Īlthough Lam, a Canadian of Chinese Vietnamese descent, claims in this same interview that the stories aren’t autobiographical, they do reveal a lot about the underside of the medical profession and the human fallibility of its practitioners. These twelve stories are linked by four recurring characters: Dr. Lam, a thirty-one-year-old emergency room physician in a Toronto hospital, has certainly put his heretofore untapped creativity to goo use in this complex and insightful first book of short stories, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. In a recent interview published in The National Review of Medicine, Vincent Lam candidly admits that he always wanted to be a writer “since he was a kid”, and that he became a doctor more to please his mother.
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Selected poems by ts eliot5/10/2023 Calling upon Eliot’s critical writings, as well as his drafts, letters, and other original materials, they illustrate not only the breadth of Eliot’s interests and the range of his writings, but how it was that the author of "Gerontion" came to write "Triumphal March" and then Four Quartets. Alfred Prufrock." As well as the masterpieces, the edition contains the poems of Eliot’s youth, which were rediscovered only decades later, others that circulated privately during his lifetime, and love poems from his final years, written for his wife Valerie Eliot.Ĭhristopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the imaginative life of each poem. Eliot’s Poems establishes a new text of the Collected Poems 1909–1962, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot’s astonishing debut, "The Love Song of J. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL, Pegasus Award for Criticism of the Poetry Magazine
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Not a penny less5/10/2023 Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less has now been reprinted 57 times. Jeffrey Archer: Not a Penny More, not a Penny Less The Computer Game is an interactive fiction game based on Jeffrey Archers novel Not a Penny More. However, as word-of-mouth took over, demand increased. The paperback did a bit better, selling about 20,000 in the first year. When it was published, it only sold 3,000 copies in hardback. It took Jeffrey some time to find a publisher for this first novel. It’s called revenge - and they were taught by a master.įirst published in hardback in 1976. From the luxurious casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot to the bustling streets of Wall Street to fashionable London galleries, their own ingenious game has begun. Their plan: find Harvey, shadow him, trap him, and penny-for-penny, destroy him. With nothing left to lose four strangers are about to come together - each expert in their own field. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life’s fortune to one man. The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord.
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As small children, they watched their grandfather become president just twelve years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. Here the twins take readers on a deeply personal tour behind the scenes of their lives as they share stories about their family, their unexpected adventures, their loves and losses, and the sisterly bond that means everything to them.īook Synopsis The former first daughters share intimate stories and reflections from the Texas countryside to the storied halls of the White House and beyond. Teenage mistakes making national headlines. They spent their college years watched over by Secret Service agents and became fodder for the tabloids. About the Book Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush watched their grandfather become president just twelve years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath.
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Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell5/10/2023 The essay was written during the final stages of World War II while Europe had just witnessed the destructive effects of political movements. A short introduction, based on material supplied by Orwell, preceded the translated abridgements. The article was abridged in the translated versions by omitting details of particular relevance to British readers. The essay was soon translated into French and Dutch, Italian and Finnish (in which the word nationalism was represented by chauvinisme). He specifies that this is not a standard use of the term 'nationalism', but is instead a placeholder for a term that would better characterise this unreflective partisanship. In the essay, Orwell uses the term nationalism to pick out a tendency to think in terms of 'competitive prestige' and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and become more ignorant towards facts. Political theorist Gregory Claeys insists it is a key source for understanding Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 'Notes on Nationalism ' is an essay completed in May 1945 by George Orwell and published in the first issue of the British magazine Polemic in October 1945.
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Best emma donoghue books5/10/2023 “I’m still waiting.”īut motherhood has provided in other ways. “I was really hoping for some sudden injection of wisdom,” she quips. Motherhood has made her more focused, she says, but not smarter. “It’s really set me free to do other things, rather than just constantly coming out.” Those other things include childbirth - she and Chris are parents to four-year-old Finn and year-old Una. “I think this is one of the most civilized spots on the globe for same-sexers,” she says. Her Canadian partner, Chris, drew her here, but Donoghue has since developed a love of the country. Irish by birth, Donoghue moved to Ontario in 1998 and became a Canadian citizen in 2004. “If they stick in my mind long enough, I think, ‘Oh, I absolutely have to write about that.'” “I get hooked by real cases I come across,” she says.
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The olympians books5/9/2023 The story picks up with our protagonist, Percy Jackson, learning that he is the son of the sea god Poseidon, and things pick up from there. As well as being a training ground, Camp Half Blood is a safe haven, the one place where demigods are safe from said monsters. These demigod children are sent to Camp Half Blood, where they are taught about their ancestry, trained in warfare, and go on quests to save the world from monsters wreaking havoc on humanity. The premise is simple: the Greek gods are still alive and kicking, and their children born to human parents are known as demigods. Every book follows Percy Jacksons adventures from his point of view. Yet with a Disney+ TV show in development and a sixth Percy Jackson and the Olympians book on its way later this year, Rick Riordan’s stories about the Greek demigod continue to delight fans 18 years later. The series focuses on Greek mythology in the modern day. When Rick Riordan’s novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief first hit shelves in 2005, it would have been almost inconceivable to imagine the heights to which that book, and the books that followed, would reach. |