![]() ![]() Through it all, Robinson remained true to the effort and the mission, true to his convictions and contradictions. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger 1956, his final season in major league baseball, when he played valiantly despite his increasing health struggles and 1972, the year of his untimely death. But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. ![]()
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MARTIN AND THEODORE BRUN' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY. 'FAST-PACED, DETAILED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL, GEORGE R.R. ![]() ![]() ![]() All four representations of the Lady of Shalott show her being struck by the curse that is visited upon her when she dares to look directly at the world beyond her window. Rodgers, ‘The Development of William Holman Hunt’s Lady of Shalott’, in Brown University, Ladies of Shalott: A Victorian Masterpiece and Its Contexts, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1985, pp. For discussions of the ‘precursory’ nature of the early versions, see Mary Bennett, William Holman Hunt, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1969, p. 4 William Holman Hunt, The Lady of Shalott (c.1886–1905), tempera and oil on panel, 44.4 x 34.1 cm, Manchester City Art Gallery. 3) and the smaller panel in the Manchester City Art Gallery. but most scholarly attention has focused upon their relationship to Hunt’s mature visualisation of the theme in his two painted versions of The Lady of Shalott – the large oil painting of 1886–1905 in the Wadsworth Atheneum (fig. ![]() Stein, ‘The Pre- Raphaelite Tennyson’, Victorian Studies, vol. The significance of both works has long been recognised, 3 See Tate Gallery, The Pre-Raphaelites, Tate Gallery & Penguin Books, London, 1984, p. ![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Michelle Brower, Aevitas Creative Management. A major twist toward the end compensates for the triteness of one of the big reveals. Sager intricately interweaves the past and present as Emma investigates further, realizing that not everyone she once knew can be trusted. ![]() The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. by Riley Sager 0 Ratings 11 Want to read 1 Currently reading 1 Have read Overview View 8 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 2018 Language English Pages 516 'Two truths and a lie. Suspicion abounds as Emma’s memories of that summer lead her to hidden clues left behind in the wake of the girls’ disappearance. The last time I lied a novel First large print edition. When Camp Nightingale reopens for the first time since that summer, she returns as an instructor and is haunted by the past and possibly something even more sinister. Fifteen years later, Emma-an artist who constantly relives their disappearance through her paintings-is determined to uncover the mystery of her friends’ fate. ![]() ![]() Tragedy strikes Camp Nightingale in Upstate New York when three girls vanish from their cabin in the middle of the night, leaving their younger roommate, Emma Davis, behind. The pseudonymous Sager follows his well-received debut, 2017’s Final Girls, with another gripping thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() Curtis Sittenfeld, The New York Times Book Review In the crucible of genius, tears and laughter are ground into some magical elixir that seems like the essence of life. ![]() its intelligence, its honesty and, above all, its compassion provide a kind of existential balm-a comfort not unlike the sort you might find by opening a bottle of wine and having a long conversation with (yes, really) a true friend. After Elfs latest attempt, Yoli must quickly determine how to keep her family from falling apart while facing a profound question: what do you do for a loved one who truly wants to die? All My Puny Sorrows is a deeply personal story that is as much comedy as it is tragedy, a goodbye grin from the friend who taught you how to live. ![]() While on the surface Elfriedas life is enviable (shes a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandis a mess (shes divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely close-raised in a Mennonite household and sharing the hardship of Elfs desire to end her life. Book Synopsis From the bestselling author of Women Talking, a wrenchingly honest, darkly funny novel ( Entertainment Weekly ). About the Book From the bestselling author of Women Talking, a wrenchingly honest, darkly funny novel ( Entertainment Weekly ). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to writing, Brenda is passionate about embracing life to the fullest, to include scuba diving (she has over 60 dives to her credi Brenda Hiatt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sparkling romantic adventure. So far, she hasn't been sorry! She is an active member of Romance Writers of America and Novelists, Inc, where she has served as president. Brenda began in traditional publishing with Harlequin, HarperCollins and Avon Books and later made a transition to indie publishing as she began getting rights back to her older books. She's written twenty-five novels (so far), including sweet and spicy historical romance, time travel romance, humorous mystery, and her young adult science fiction STARSTRUCK series. Brenda Hiatt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of sparkling romantic adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gormenghast: First edition: Fine copy with toning end papers and spot smudge on top edge in near fine unclipped (15s) jacket with tanning spine and wear to spine ends. ![]() Titus Groan: Second impression: Fine copy in near fine clipped jacket with a touch of tanning and wear. Titus Groan: First edition: Near Fine copy with minor foxing to fore edge, a touch of shelf wear, and tiny ding at top edge in near fine unclipped first state (15s) jacket with tanning spine and wear to spine ends. All in publisher's red cloth, gilt titled spines, complete with protected dust jackets, and all now housed in handsome as new solander boxes, jacket art and frontispieces by Peake. ![]() London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946-1959. This is a set of 4 volumes by Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (2 copies, one being the 2nd impression), Gormenghast, and Titus Alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() Koushun Takami was born in 1969 in Amagasaki near Osaka and grew up in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku, where he currently resides. Battle Royale is a contemporary Japanese pulp classic now available for the first time in English. ![]() Koushun Takami's brutal, high-octane thriller is told in breathless. A group of high school students are taken to small isolated island and forced to fight each other until only one remains alive! If they break the rules a special collar blows their heads off. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan-where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller- Battle Royale is a Lord of the Fliesfor the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. ![]() In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). ![]() ![]() But one of the greatest adventures of Mary's writing life is the creative journey she takes with her readers, meeting them in person in schools and bookstores and reading the wonderful stories and letters they send. With Jack and Annie, she has traveled through time, from the prehistoric land of dinosaurs to the imaginary world of Camelot. The books that have taken Mary to the most places are the Magic Tree House series. She has written almost a hundred books, including biographies, mysteries, picture books, novels and retellings of fairy tales and world mythology. Writing children's books was a perfect career for Mary because she could still travel all over the world - but be back home in time for dinner. MARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. Her dad was in the army, so every year or two her family would move to a different state, or even a different country! By the time she was fifteen, Mary had lived in thirteen different houses and gone to eight different schools! He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mary Pope Osborne was born into adventure. Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the New York Times number one bestselling Magic Tree House series as well as co-author of the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker series, along with her husband, Will, and her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce. View titles by Mary Pope Osborne Sal Murdocca has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and textbooks. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the wonderful librarians, booksellers, and others who make it possible: Jim Gill at the Dover Public Library Dawn Groves at the Massillon Public Library Jodie Hawkins at the Stark County District Library, Lake Community and Perry Sippo Branches Pam DeFino at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Berea Branch Holly Camino at the Medina County District Library Sharon Kelly Roth at Books & Co. ![]() Every summer I travel to Ohio’s Amish Country and beyond for a book tour. ![]() One of the highlights of being an author is having the opportunity to get out and meet readers. 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