![]() Other works of primarily fantasy interest include Knights of Dark Renown ( 1989), featuring Parallel Worlds the Macedon sequence of historical fantasies set in an Alternate-History Greece at the time of Alexander, comprising Lion of Macedon ( 1990) and Dark Prince ( 1991), in the second of which Aristotle (who else?) has working knowledge of the secret of portals through time and space that lead to parallel worlds Morningstar ( 1992), which introduces a bard and an ambiguous hero faced with necromancy and Vampyre Kings Bloodstone ( 1994) and an unfinished sequence of stories retelling the Trojan War, Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow ( 2005) and Troy: Shield of Thunder ( 2006). (1948-2006) UK journalist and editor, and then full-time author, primarily of Heroic Fantasy, most famous for his first (and long-lived) Fantasy series, the Drenai Saga, beginning with Legend ( 1984 vt Against the Horde 1988) and finishing with Hero in the Shadows ( 2000 vt Hero in the Shadows: Waylander the Slayer Stalks an Ancient Evil 2000), and built around the stress-darkened indomitable 60-year-old warrior Druss for other series – including the Skilgannon the Damned books, which are related to Drenai the Hawk Queen books and Tales of the Rigante – see Checklist (but see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy for fuller coverage). ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For Dr Gideon Fell this is the only case that has ever really frightened him, and before he can solve it he must find answers to some seemingly impossible questions: why was Calvin Boscombe standing near the corpse with a silencer on his gun? Who locked the attic door? And what has become of the sixteenth-century death-watch? Publisher’s Description: In the shadowy hallway of clockmaker Johannes Carver’s house a policeman is found murdered, the arrow-tipped minute hand of an antique clock embedded in his neck. Death-Watch is the fifth book in Dr Gideon Fell Series, preceded by The Blind Barber, 1934 and followed by The Hollow Man aka The Three Coffins, 1935. First published by Harper & Brothers, New York in April 1935, and by Hamish Hamilton, London the same year. Desplazarse hacia abajo para acceder a la versión en español ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() Returning to his family in New York, Northup became active in abolitionism. District of Columbia law prohibited him as a black man from testifying against whites and, without his testimony, the men went free. Northup sued the slave traders in Washington, DC, but lost in the local court. New York state had passed a law in 1840 to recover African-American residents who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. Held in the Red River region of Louisiana by several different owners, he got news to his family, who contacted friends and enlisted the New York governor in his cause. After 12 years in bondage, he regained his freedom in January 1853 he was one of very few to do so in such cases. From Washington, DC, he was transported to New Orleans where he was sold to a plantation owner from Rapides Parish, Louisiana. When he accompanied his supposed employers to Washington, DC, they drugged him and sold him into slavery. He is noted for having been kidnapped in 1841 when enticed with a job offer. Solomon Northup was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They find themselves on an immense barren plain, with no other people anywhere, and no clue as to what has happened to the world. One day, an alarm sounds, and the guards flee the prisoners are subsequently able to escape. The girl is the only one of the prisoners who has no memory of the outside world none of them know why they are being held prisoner, or why there is one child among thirty-nine adults. The guards are all male, and never speak to them. Thirty-nine women and a girl are being held prisoner in a cage underground. It was originally published by Seven Stories Press, then republished by Avon Eos. ![]() It is the first of Harpman's novels to be translated into English. I Who Have Never Known Men, originally published in French as Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes, is a 1995 science fiction novel by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman. ![]() ![]() ![]() The German version of this page is available at. Don’t be annoyed by our advertisements, please keep in mind that running this site without advertisements would not be possible. We are not associated with Bernhard Schlink or the publishing house. You can be sure one of us or another visitor will help you. If you have any questions regarding the content of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, its characters, or something about the analysis of this novel, feel free to put a comment under the corresponding page. ![]() You can easily use it to get in touch with the book, repeat different things during reading, or prepare for an exam. The page should give you an overview of the whole plot and the story, The Reader, with Hanna and Michael Berg. Book cover The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ![]() Maybe this is the biggest resource about Schlink’s, The Reader, on the web. We created summaries on every single chapter, wrote characterizations, built presentations, and collected information on the Holocaust topic during the weeks of our project work. This website about the novel, The Reader, written by Bernhard Schlink, was published during a project work in a German class. Everything you need to know about The Reader by Bernhard Schlink ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wreckers was chosen by Booklist as a Young Editors' Choice and by the New York Public Library as a title for reading and sharing. Ron Keith's exceptional narration ensures readers nonstop entertainment in the classic tradition. The spell-binding excitement of a swashbuckling adventure, and the wrenching moral conflict of a Dickens novel delightfully converge in this critically-acclaimed debut novel. 4 lists 160 words 86 learners Learn words with Flashcards and other activities. A young sailor washes up on the shore of a remote island where the people pray for shipwrecks and scavenge the wreckage. Trapped in a strange land with no idea of whom to trust, he faced the most terrifying challenge of his life. Island Life: The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence. As John hid on the shore, he saw his shipmates murdered by these ruthless scavengers. One stormy night in 1799, 14-year-old John Spencer was unfortunate enough to be on his father's ship when the wreckers did their worst. Then these "wreckers" made sure that no one survived the wrecks, so there would be no witnesses to their crimes. ![]() Some of them were evil and lit fires during a storm to lure ships onto the rocks. They made their living by salvaging food and clothing from the wreckage. ![]() There was once a village off the coast of Cornwall, England where people were so poor that they prayed for shipwrecks. ![]() ![]() OL24255012W Page_number_confidence 93.24 Pages 150 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201025124514 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 317 Scandate 20201022153825 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781578988594 Tts_version 4. ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:civilizationitsd0000freu_z8d5:epub:ffaa4779-2c53-4aca-afbf-14d29a3dc5e8 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier civilizationitsd0000freu_z8d5 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t67469x3j Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781578988594ġ453833897 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.3 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19581 Openlibrary_edition Another important examination of European civilization, José Ortega y Gasset’s Revolt of the Masses, was also published in 1930. Urn:lcp:civilizationitsd0000freu_z8d5:lcpdf:c0b797df-890f-479d-b3e9-1135bde6eef3 Civilization and its Discontents is a seminal text in the field of psychology, written by Austrian psychologist (and founder of psychoanalysis) Sigmund Freud, published in 1930. Compare Civilization and Its Discontents with another short, speculative book written a few years earlier, The Future of an Illusion (see Suggested Sources). Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 03:01:06 Boxid IA1983920 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS Sigmund Freud translated from the German by JOAN RIVIERE a brief excerpt: PSYCHO-ANALYTIC work has shown that these frustrations in respect of sexual life are especially unendurable to the so-called neurotics among us. ![]() |