![]() ![]() The indispensable reference on the subject, it also contains encyclopedic entries, bibliographies, and a comprehensive index. ![]() ![]() It also demonstrates the tremendous continuity of the legends by examining the ways that they have been reinterpreted over the years. Seven essays offer a comprehensive survey of the legends in all of their manifestations, from their origins in medieval literature to their adaptation in modern literature, arts, film, and popular culture. The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is both a critical history of the Arthurian tradition and a reference guide to Arthurian works, names, characters, symbols, and places. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Since he is devoted to his work, Jacob takes his job as the Demon Enforcer very seriously. ![]() Things take a twist when a young woman falls out of an apartment window and right into his arms. Since he is always on the road, he does not have time for romantic relations especially with human beings. In this book Jacob has spent up to seven hundred years hunting demons which had been affected by the moon madness. Jacob is the first installment in the nightwalkers series by Jacquelyn Frank. Other causes that Jacquelyn has involved herself in include child abuse, animal cruelty and fibromyalgia. Ever since she became an author, she has also been a strong literacy advocate. At the moment, she currently lives in North Carolina together with her young daughter and nine cats. ![]() Before she became an author, she was a substitute teacher and a Sign Language Interpreter. Apart from writing romance novels she also writes futuristic, paranormal and erotica novels under the name Jax. ![]() Her love for romance novels began at the tender age of 13 years. Apart from the Night walker series, one of her works, the Rapture reached number 8 at the New York paperback fiction chart which in turn gave her worldwide recognition. As an author of paranormal novels, Jacquelyn Franklin is best known for the night walkers and shadow dwellers series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened. ![]() If you are considering cancelling or wish to cancel a product you have ordered from us, please be aware of the following terms that apply:Īpplicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for USA consumers do not apply to certain products and services. If you are a non-US customer, please see our returns policy. 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What they discover is far more bizarre than what they suspected and could threaten all of mankind. ![]() Neighbour Veek soon introduces him to even more mysteries, and they decide to snoop around and see if they can discover the building’s secrets. Nate moves in and soon discovers the building has plenty of odd quirks and general weirdness. A co-worker recommends he check out the Kavach Building, an old apartment block with cheap rents. Nate Tucker works a dull data entry job and needs to find a new place to live in Los Angeles. I may have found my favourite fiction book of the year. I knew he’d written a few other books, and after some recommendations on Twitter, I decided to check this one out. I’ve really enjoyed Peter Clines’ “Ex” books, which pit a group of superheroes against the hordes of the undead in a hugely entertaining and inventive series. ![]() ![]() ![]() 8vo 432 ppīrowse other Modern First Edition books. Small water mark to the base of the spine internally. Light creasing of the top edge of the spine cover and spine folds. Price sticker on the front flap of £7.95. Schindlers List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the. Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material. Thomas Keneallys work of historical fiction is the story of Nazi Party member Oskar Schindler, who becomes an heroic figure by saving some twelve hundred Jews. The bright dust jacket has fading to the spine colour. He is perhaps most famous for his Schindlers Ark (1982), the basis of the film Schindlers List. Large signature in blue ink on the front paste down. Slight scuffing mark on the edge of page 305/306. ![]() ![]() Authors signature and face doodle dated 1999 on the title page. Complete with dust jacket.īlack cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Thomas Keneally has been shortlisted three times for the Booker prize. The book retells the exceptional history of Oskar Schindler in Nazi occupied Poland and is based upon extensive research of the Jewish survivors, made famous in the film Schindler’s List. Description Schindler’s Ark by Thomas KeneallyĪ first edition copy of Schindler’s Ark signed by the author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL13761031W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.73 Pages 346 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:349230219X ![]() Urn:lcp:num8ers00ward:lcpdf:20c4f9ed-0ea1-48b5-ad58-f6debce070f6 Numbers (The Numbers Trilogy, Book 1) Rachel Ward (408) Kindle Edition 5.99 2 Numbers 2: The Chaos Rachel Ward (147) Kindle Edition 5.99 3 Infinity (The Numbers Trilogy, Book 3) Rachel Ward (74) Kindle Edition 5. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:19:46.413919 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1114205 Boxid_2 BWB220140903 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīook Drive Edition 1st American ed. ![]() ![]() It was also a social club that kept the young people out of trouble by allowing them unlimited access to the Ballroom – by day to practice and by night to dance to the best Swing bands in the world. It was a training ground that prepared the most talented social dancers of the Savoy Ballroom for professional gigs. For all of these years, his deep love of Swing music and dancing has been as contagious as his dazzling smile.įrom its beginnings, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers was much more than a dance troupe. And with the Swing dance revival beginning in the 1980’s, Frank Manning, once again became a driving force worldwide with his teaching, choreography and performance. ![]() Originally touring as a dancer and choreographer with “Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers” in the 30’s and 40’s, he helped spread the popularity of the Lindy Hop through three continents. The dancer, innovator, and choreographer has been the unofficial Ambassador of Lindy Hop for much of his lifetime, for no one has contributed more to the dance than he. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post- Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Honoré de Balzac ( / ˈ b æ l z æ k/ BAL-zak, more commonly US: / ˈ b ɔː l-/ BAWL-, French: born Honoré Balzac – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. ![]() ![]() I mean, I probably would have enjoyed it MORE had it gotten REALLY wonky with some better self-referential, partway meta core myths to work from, but this one hearkens back to a mix of Grail and directly-earlier influences. So why did I give this four stars instead of five, if I like the basic idea so much? Especially since it won the World Fantasy Award in '85? The obsession cuts away at all the other things that make a person real until they are both bigger than life and much, much less. Or here's a big concern: regular people becoming myth and thereby gaining. The quest for the mythological not-girl, brothers killing brothers. Maybe a bit like this: San Greal = Sang Real. Or, if you want to look at it in a different way, it's the Grail quest motif as a symbol for the generative impulse. In this book, we're treated to an IDEA of fantasy that is part-Jungian but mostly a Freudian obsessional extreme. ![]() The '80s are a time of huge psychological infusion in literature and I always tend to like the IDEA of that more than the actual works that use it. ![]() Aren't they all an interrelated tapestry? I tend to love the era's SF and horror, so I often feel like I'm poo-pooing it unnecessarily. okay." to a "hate" relationship to most 80's fantasy. ![]() ![]() In a Medium post in which she deftly avoided taking any personal responsibility for Broadwater’s incarceration, Sebold wrote that she had “chose to put my faith in the American legal system” as an 18-year-old rape victim, and that she would “forever be sorry” for what came next. In her statement Tuesday, she said it had taken her eight days since his conviction was overturned to “comprehend how this could have happened.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Sebold had remained silent throughout Broadwater’s exoneration process. He has struggled to hold down a job and maintain relationships in the two decades since his release. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after Sebold identified him as her attacker. The man Sebold accused of raping her, Anthony Broadwater, was exonerated last week after a judge ruled that the prosecution had been deeply flawed. Alice Sebold, the best-selling author whose popular memoir, Lucky, revolved around her 1981 rape outside Syracuse University, apologized Tuesday to the man she had accused in that case, saying she “deeply regret” what he had been through. ![]() |