![]() ![]() ![]() When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences. Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of series, and soon had her own traditional mystery books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. ![]() The resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. ![]() After holding down some low-level jobs, her husband Hal gave her the opportunity to stay home and write. Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. Charlaine lives in Texas now, and all of her children and grandchildren are within easy driving distance. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over thirty-five years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Affection is what is felt for pets, by pet owners, and for acquaintances for whom one has some fondness. It does not require attraction or mutual points of view. Affection is described by Lewis as being rooted in warmth and familiarity. For instance, a breeze can be appreciated on a hot day, but the breeze itself has no inherent good in it.Īfter clarifying his semantic position, Lewis begins by examining the love known as Affection, or storge (31) in the original Greek. “Appreciative” love is a function of the lover’s admiration for a feeling of aesthetic or physical qualities. ![]() It is manifested in a gift that is freely given, with no expectation of return. A Gift-love is independent and free of the expectation of reciprocity. However, Need-loves are exhausted once the need has been satisfied. It loves her because it needs her, and the need depends on the love. ![]() A Need-love is compared to an infant needing its mother. The talks received widespread criticism in conservative circles for what was, at the time, a frank discussion of sex and its implications.īefore beginning the discussion of the “loves” themselves, Lewis defines his terms and makes some distinctions between what are typically called “likes” versus “loves.” Clarity of language is paramount in The Four Loves, and the first categories are “Need-loves,” “Gift-loves,” and loves of “appreciation” (2). The Four Loves is derived from a 1958 series of radio broadcasts by Lewis. ![]() ![]() His tenure as editor of New Worlds magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of SF editorship in the UK, and was crucial in the development of the SF New Wave. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix and, as a member of the prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. In 1999, he was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2001, he was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame and in 2007, he was named a SFWA Grandmaster. The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize. Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() All alone, generally shunned by his uncleâs family, and starved for companionship, he breaks the factoryâs rules and begins a relationship with a young woman who works for him. Clyde talks his way into a job at the factory, and soon finds himself supervising a roomful of women. Two years later, Clyde meets his well-off uncle, who owns a large factory in upstate New York. 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Â 16 in the Modern Libraryâs 100 Best Novels Standard Ebooksģ64,123 words (22 hours 5 minutes) with a reading ease of 68.7 (average difficulty) ![]() An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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Acker and Blacker, two men named Ben who decided to launch an old-timey radio drama podcast when they discovered that their last names rhymed, have developed a permanent psychic rapport which allows them to speak in unison, as the following press release quote from both men at the same time illustrates. ![]() ![]() Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austen’s immortal characters. An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events.Of places and objects mentioned in the novel. ![]() Insightful notes highlight Austen’s artistry and point out the subtle ways she develops her characters and themes. 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![]() Viewers will notice the case of the missing "Miss": to match ITV's other set-piece Christie whodunnit, Poirot, only Jane Marple's surname features in the title.Ī more substantial update involves a change in identity of one of the two killers responsible for the eponymous body in the library. ![]() We have filled in some gaps," said Mr Timmer. "If you read the books she's unshockable, but you have to ask yourself where that comes from. In this adaptation, however, she empathises with the passions of other characters, including the murderers, because she has experienced the same emotions. "Previous Miss Marples have been rather pious and judgmental," said Damien Timmer, the executive producer for Granada Productions. The mystery man remains enclosed by the picture frame in the first film, The Body in the Library, but it is understood that he comes fleetingly to life in a later episode. Only the most careful of viewers will recognise the face as that of Marc Warren, an actor whose name on a cast list invariably spells trouble, as fellow characters in Hustle and State of Play can attest. ![]() When Marple is introduced to the audience, resting in an arm chair of her home in the quiet English village of St Mary Mead, she is gazing fondly upon a sepia-tinted photograph of a uniformed man. ![]() The first of four new films, to be screened in December and starring Geraldine McEwan as the amateur sleuth, permits only the mildest hint of her new inner depth. ![]() |