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In a few instances, I had to check page numbers to be sure there wasn't a missing page in the scan (there wasn't - just a repeating sentence fragment at the top of the next page in one case, or an awkward "!" truncating a sentence inappropriately in another). Lots of typos and weird formatting errors suggesting a lack of proof-reading, which annoyed. This isn't an illustrated story, and it's short enough (191 pages) to do in one go (as I have, this evening of what was May Day). If it wasn't for Open Library, I would likely never have been able to have read it at all. I'll lean on Louise's summary, and just add that I had been waiting for a chance to buy this scarce Mabel Esther Allan title for a long while now, and it never came up within my budget. Well now I just want to go and look up the May Day festivities in Padstow, on which this was loosely based. While she discusses their various triumphs and travails, the author fully expresses the wonder of what they saw and experienced, who they met along the way, the microcultures they encountered, and how the journey brought her back to a love of scientific inquiry (if not to a love of the laboratory). Van Hemert chronicles their journey in sharp, sometimes-harrowing detail, though not so minutely that the narrative bogs down in the exigencies of living in the wild. In 2012, the author, who had begun to question her devotion to science, and Pat, a home builder driven by wanderlust, embarked on an expedition that would succeed or fail on human power alone-no roads, no trails, no motors-and test the limits of their endurance on some of the harshest and most unforgiving terrain in the world. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center recounts a stirring wilderness adventure set against the background of a young woman juggling family, career, and a passion for rough country.įrom the Pacific rainforests of Washington state to a remote corner of the Alaskan Arctic, it was an often grueling, 4,000-mile journey by foot, skis, raft, and canoe that few would have attempted, even such experienced wilderness travelers as debut author Van Hemert and her husband, Pat. A research wildlife biologist at the U.S. I love this cover because it is my favorite color, and the design is so appealing. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Barnes & Nobel Classics), by Jane Austen (2015) This striking red edition with a boldly stamped “A” for Austen is the first in a series of 26 unique hardcovers-featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische. Sometimes you just want a beautiful cover to admire as much as what is inside. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Penguin Drop Caps), by Jane Austen (2012) The new cover is also appealing to a modern reader. In addition to the full-unabridged text it includes an excellent introduction by Austen scholar Margaret Drabble, which is both accessible and enlightening, and an entertaining afterword by bestselling historical romance author Eloisa James. With so many choices, I recommend the Signet Classics edition for the first-time reader and the veteran. There are 1,000s of paperback editions of this classic in print. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Signet Classics), by Jane Austen (2008) Here is a list of my favorite editions currently in print for pleasure readers, students, collectors, and Austen fans. The popularity of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, 200 years after its publication, cannot be debated…however, which edition should you read, gift, or collect? Thus began one of the most beloved novels ever written. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen “I have always been interested in the Holocaust,” Martel says during a call to his hotel room in Toronto. In the first novel since his phenomenal bestseller, Martel once again uses an animal story to make profound points about humanity. One of those questions will surely be: How does this book-which features a writer named Henry whose particulars seem similar to Martel’s own, a cheerless taxidermist who seeks Henry’s literary advice, and bits and pieces of the taxidermist’s play about a donkey named Beatrice and a monkey named Virgil-have anything to do with the Holocaust? The novel contains none of the iconic events and images we associate with that evil, the word itself is rarely uttered in the book. The end of Yann Martel’s extraordinary new novel, Beatrice and Virgil, is shocking and moving and will, as great philosophical novels should, launch a thousand questions. This is the stunning first novel in a new trilogy by debut author Tara Sim. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden and means risking everything he's fought to achieve.īut when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target, or he'll lose not only his father but the boy he loves - forever. Danny soon discovers why: He is the tower's clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield's time. And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems.ĭanny's new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors. It's a truth that 17-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time - and a destroyed one can stop it completely. “It has a much more menschlich or human quality now.” “If you look at it now and divide it at the nose, above is someone who is really astute and sharp, while the lower half is smiling,” Mr. On that visit he also made time for a trip to Princeton, N.J., to see the portrait again “in the flesh,” 60 years after an American musician and collector, William H. Gardiner said in a recent interview at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, where he served tea in his socks before a series of Beethoven concerts at Carnegie Hall. “As a kid I found it rather pompous and a bit grim,” Mr. Gardiner’s father in the interwar years then settled in a nearby village. The portrait of the ruddy-faced and bewigged Bach painted in 1748 by Elias Gottlob Haussmann hung above the staircase of the family home in Dorset, England, on loan from its owner, a German musician who had befriended Mr. He would glance up at Bach, returning from accompanying his mother in an aria from a cantata, in which he played the obbligato violin part. He would pass him on his way to the dining room, where he sang Bach motets with his parents and siblings after meals. As a child John Eliot Gardiner saw Johann Sebastian Bach every day. As always, we are treated to romance and adventure, heroines and scoundrels, grinding struggle and incredible fortunes.Ĭhina: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The NovelĮdward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Fromkin's study focuses heavily on British policy-making as the decisive force in shaping the region. This important work has continued relevance for world politics today as the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire created the modern Middle East. Fromkin discusses the consequences of poor policies and weak intelligence on the part of the British as they reshaped the Middle East. Summary: Many of the current conflicts in the Middle East are largely a result of the haphazard way in which national boundaries were established after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Summary of A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East By David Fromkin Summary written by Eric Brahm, Conflict Research ConsortiumĬitation: A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. (Maybe he has a premonition that he’ll be needed to solve a murder on a certain train soon after.) I’m shocked that 200-plus pages go by without the persnickety sleuth complaining about the sand in Iraq, like he does in the Egypt-set short story in “Poirot Investigates.” Is it possible he only complains if Hastings is on hand to hear it? Leidner could be nice to some people and mean to others. Instead, we get the nurse and others telling Poirot how Mrs. Leidner is a study in contradictions, sure, but it should’ve been possible to show the reader more of her behavior in the early chapters. The author is successful enough by now that she’s allowed to break writing rules, but “Mesopotamia” could’ve used more “show” and less “tell.” Mrs. I admit I didn’t solve the case even with Christie nudging me to play along. Leidner and others – so it’s a good time to be deliberate. Poirot is holding the reader’s hand via Amy.īut “Mesopotamia” is reasonably complex – including vast backstories about Mrs. Noting that this is one of those “psychological” cases, Poirot interviews the dozen or so residents/suspects one by one, then later thinks about them one by one - using the narrator, Nurse Amy Leatheran, as a sounding board. Settings: Hassanieh, Iraq Tell Yarimjah, Iraq 1933 |