When I wrote my previous novels, Ariadne and Elektra, my aim was to bring women whose roles in myth had been side-lined back into the spotlight. Of course, history rewrites women’s roles and this is why I love how authors are pulling women to the fore front of these stories. I knew about Jason and his argonauts but not Atalanta’s role in the story. But it is soon clear that we know nothing about Atalanta at all. Jennifer manages to tease out connections and bring forward Atalanta into the stories we think we already know. When she leaves the forest she head to join Jason’s argonauts determined to prove herself in a mal-dominated world. Plus there is a great feminist slant to this one as well!Ītalanta was left on a hillside as a baby when a bear passed and claimed her for her own and raised her alongside her cubs. It did not disappoint at all! I love Greek myth retellings, well any myths really and Jennifer is one of the best authors for this as she really does make the world come alive. I have read Jennifer’s previous books and loved them so I was very excited to read this one.
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He’s the persistent playboy who refuses to walk away. The cocky quarterback and his friends have come together in a boxset! This collections includes Fumbled Hearts, Defenseless Hearts, and the exclusive short story no longer available anywhere else, Fourth Down! Robinson, Marni Mann, Max Monroe, Meagan Brandy, Micalea Smeltzer, Dr. Bromberg, Kandi Steiner, Karina Halle, Katie Ashley, Kelsie Stelting, Laurelin Paige, Leia Stone, Lexi Ryan, Lora Richardson, M. Asher, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Jennifer Wilson, Jessica Hawkins, Jewel E. Each author has graciously donated their story so that 100% of profits from this anthology will be going to the various charities The Bookworm Box is able to support because of you, the readers.Ĭontributing authors: Aileen Erin, Alessandra Torre, Chanda Hahn, Charleigh Rose, Colleen Hoover, Dominique Laura, Eric R. Each author showcased in this anthology was featured in The Bookworm Box in 2020. The only thing these stories have in common is their starting point. Where they took that sentence was completely up to them.Įvery story is different. Each author was given the same first sentence. Much like the first installment, Two More Days is an exciting and unique reading experience with contributions from several of our charity's featured authors. The Bookworm Box is proud to present Two More Days, our second anthology installment. Sure, he may be pretty, but he’s also a walking, talking reminder for you to wrap it before you tap it.īut then I start letting my guard down, and he starts showing me pieces of himself I had no intention of seeing. I have the solution to all my sexual frustrations in a drawer at home, and it’s far less complicated than Carter Beckett. His only problem? I have no intention of falling for his shi-um, charm. He’s had everything served to him on a silver platter, including endless strings of women, and apparently, I’m up next. He’s arrogant, self-centered, and the man doesn’t seem to know what a filter is, let alone how to use one. Carter Beckett is the NHL’s resident bad boy, top player both on the ice and in the bedroom, and quite possibly the sexiest man to ever grace my field of vision. The duration of this work is about 40 minutes and it comprises mixed choir (SATB), soloist (bass), children’s choir, piano, horns, harp, percussion and 22 strings (6-6-4-4-2). It’s a choral & orchestral work entirely based on the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834). For this occasion we decided to commission a new work. In 2016 Cantamus Alati (The Hague – Netherlands -) our mixed choir of around 60 members, celebrated its 60th birthday. What is the story behind this production and this free offer for your choir? This 40-minutes choral & orchestral work, including all vocal and orchestral materials are free for rehearsal and performance by your choir throughout 20 (extension will be considered). We are proud to present a unique choral & orchestral work based on the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By: Henk, board member of the mixed choir Cantamus Alati, based in The Hague (Netherlands). Paul’s Cathedral, rather than the building designed by Christopher Wren that stands today. However, the backdrop to Dant’s particular vision of the scene is an anachronistic medieval version of St. The events which take place in Dismantling Printing Presses at Paternoster Square unfold in the area around St. The series demonstrates Dant’s characteristic preoccupation with fictional narratives played out in fantasy topographies, presenting fictional representations of two millennia of the everyday life and times of Budge Row, a lost street of the city of London. Dismantling Printing Presses at Paternoster Square 2014 is a large-scale ink drawing on board and is one of five works in Dant’s series Budge Row Bibliotheque, executed between 20 for the Bloomberg SPACE commission. The event affects each of the children in different ways. The eldest siblings, Julie and Jack, decide to hide the mother's body in the basement rather than allowing themselves to go into care. This then leaves the four children to fend for themselves. The house is inhabited by two adults and four children until the father dies of a heart attack, and the mother's health deteriorates until her eventual death shortly thereafter. The film takes place in and around an isolated house surrounded by concrete (presumably on the edge of a town). Of all the films I have seen, I can't think of a single one that is really anything like this one. However, there is much more to this film than merely the basic plot outline through interesting character design, surreal locations and a gentle stream of shocking happenings writer-director Andrew Birkin has created a truly unique and fascinating piece of cinema. The Cement Garden is based on a book by Ian McEwan and follows a group of siblings as they try to cope with the loss of their parents. "Portraits of some of the personages referred to in the work have been added to the present edition. of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette (published 1823 (posthumously). Originally published in English in 1823, this edition adds notes from works published subsequent to the first edition which "throw a new light on many of the circumstances narrated by Madame Campan". Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan was a French educator, writer and Ladys maid. Her memoirs detail life at the French court, its rituals, etiquette, personages and politics, the French Revolution, the fall of the House of Bourbon, and the deaths of the king and queen. Henriette Campan was the Première Femme de Chambre (First Maid of the Chamber) to Marie Antoinette, with daily intimate contact with the queen. Bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond to the pastedown of both volumes. A handsome set, slight rubbing to the edges. Finely bound in full red morocco by Bickers, with raised bands to the spine, gilt lettering and decoration to the sections, gilt rules to the boards and elaborate gilt dentelles. I liked the description of Hua and the fight scenes that often came with the use of magic. Now that Eona has stopped pretending to be a man, communion with her dragon is much easier. As they focus their power through her, she becomes a dangerous conduit for their plans.Įona, with its pulse-pounding drama and romance, its unforgettable fight scenes, and its surprises, is the conclusion to an epic story only Alison Goodman can create… Through it all, Eona must come to terms with her new Dragoneye identity and power – and learn to bear the anguish of the ten dragons whose Dragoneyes were murdered. The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drug-riddled Dillon they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona’s power and the black folio if he is to wrest back his throne from the selfstyled “Emperor” Sethon. Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon’s army. Publisher’s Description: Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Lots more magic in this one – equal parts mental power and physical skill. |