The village of Sleepy Hollow is a real place in Westchester County in New York, less than ten miles from White Plains, New York. While this is a fictional story, it has some basis in fact. The story is set in the early years of the republic in a small town on the Hudson River. The Headless Horseman is a legendary ghost who first made his appearance in Washington Irving’s classic “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was originally published in 1820. It was around this time that some believe the story of the Headless Horseman had its origins. This painting, by John Quidor (1858), portrays the Headless Horseman, a decapitated Hessian trooper, chasing Ichabod Crane, a scene from Washington Irving’s short story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Morale was plummeting among the Continental Army and it seemed the Americans would lose the entire war before the end of the year. By October many of Washington’s men had fallen back towards White Plains, New York where they prepared to defend themselves. George Washington’s army had suffered major defeats in August and lost the city of New York to the British Army. October of 1776 was a scary time during the Revolutionary War.
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He has two children.Įdward Rutherfurd is a Life Member of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, the Salisbury Civic Society, and the Friends of Chawton House, which is located in Jane Austen's village and dedicated to the study of women writers. He currently divides his time between New England and Europe. His books have been translated into twenty languages.Įdward has lived in London, New York, New Hampshire and Ireland. Since then he has written five more bestsellers: RUSSKA, a novel of Russia LONDON THE FOREST, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write SARUM, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. Francis Edward Wintle, best known under his pen name Edward Rutherfurd, was born in the cathedral city of Salisbury.
Works in Biographical and Historical Context However diverse the material, Keneally brings to it a consistently humanistic point of view, an eye for accuracy, and a knack for engaging storytelling, all of which account both for his wide readership and critical acclaim. He has written on subjects as varied as Joan of Arc, the American Civil War, the Holocaust, and contemporary Africa. But, his body of work is noteworthy for its range of material. Even before The Great Shame, his recent historical work, Keneally had worked extensively with material from Australia's past. Thomas Keneally (also known as William Coyle and Thomas Michael Keneally) has evolved from one of Australia's best-known and most prolific writers to a novelist with a worldwide following. Butler died of a stroke at the age of 58. She also taught writer's workshops, and eventually relocated to Washington state. Her books and short stories drew the favorable attention of the public and awards judges. She soon sold her first stories and by the late 1970s had become sufficiently successful as an author that she was able to pursue writing full-time. She attended community college during the Black Power movement, and while participating in a local writer's workshop was encouraged to attend the Clarion Workshop, which focused on science fiction. She began writing science fiction as a teenager. Extremely shy as a child, Octavia found an outlet at the library reading fantasy, and in writing. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.Īfter her father died, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. The first six episodes debuted in the United States on PBS Masterpiece in January, and it has already been renewed for a second season.Ī country vet in a dodgy car puttering along single-lane roads from farm to farm through the bucolic splendor of the Yorkshire dales in northern England could sound sleepy, but it is actually thoroughly engaging and charming. Now there’s a new adaptation of the same title, and it is glorious. A classic BBC television series, All Creatures Great and Small, ran for 90 episodes through the late 1970s and 1980s. His bestselling books include All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, and The Lord God Made Them All. It’s even more delightful to time travel back to the years before the Second World War, remembered nostalgically through the eyes of beloved author and veterinarian James Herriot, a pen name used by James Alfred Wight. All of this culminates in a unique, incredible adventure steeped with mythology, Maori fairies, monsters, betrayal, and an epic battle. The strong, fresh voice of the narrator will pull readers in, along with all the deliciously scary details: the serial killer who removes victim's eyes the mysterious crazy bum who forces a Bible on Ellie telling her she needs it handsome, mysterious Mark who steals the Bible from her and then casts a forgetting charm on her. In an effort to save him, Ellie is thrown into the world of Maori lore, and eventually finds herself in an all-out war with mist dwelling Maori fairy people called the patupaiarehe who need human lives to gain immortality. J3 - An advance reading copy paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, light. ious older woman seems to set her sights on Kevin, who is Maori, and has more than just romantic plans for him. Set in New Zealand, Ellie's main concerns at her boarding school are hanging out with her best friend Kevin, her crush on the mysterious Mark, and her paper deadline. This is an intriguing YA urban fantasy in the tradition of Holly Black and Wicked Lovely. In the meantime, Luc finds himself always thinking about her (even though she still wears black and grey and looks like the angel of gloom) and they get it on and on and on. After one incident she gets so angry she writes a Honey Pie column about him and thinks he will be flattered. Luc convinces her to come back and they get to know each other more until one day… she shows up at a charity function with a makeover, an incredible red dress and Luc is hooked.Īfter a few pashes she says she won’t sleep with him because he has a bad reputation and she isn’t a hockey groupie, plus, she makes love, not has sex. She confronts the team and calls Luc (gasp, shock, horror…(prepare yourself!) “you big dumb Dodo!” and low and behold, after she does this they play the best game ever. So Jane goes on the road with the team, they don’t like her, are allusive, drop their pants around her to make her uncomfortable and then they lose a match and she gets fired. Never mind that he actually never asks “why in hell don’t you wear a bra?” Luc can’t figure out if Jane’s nipples are always hard because she is cold or turned on. Much to the annoyance of the hockey goalie Luc Martineau (who only dates Barbies and is recovering from a prescription drug addiction that came out through a knee related sports injury). She always wears black and she is so flat chested that she never wears a bra. She has no idea about hockey and the players are so superstitious that if they lose a game they will blame it on her. After seeing how dramatically she and her family were able to change her dad’s health, she chose to expand her reach to make the biggest positive impact possible in the world-particularly in underserved and at-risk communities. Inspired by her mom’s research, and fueled by her love of food, Haile learned everything she could about nutrition. Haile’s family began looking into ways to improve his condition without having to rely on medication with dangerous potential side effects. When her father developed Type 2 diabetes, eight-year-old Haile Thomas began a journey that would change her family's dietary habits, improve her dad's health, and radically transform her life. “Thomas's body positive, social and economic justice-oriented ethos, rich writing, beautiful photography, and accessible recipes are perfect for anyone looking for an antidote to the typical vegan evangelism that often shames people for their food choices.” - Shondalandīy a superstar nineteen-year-old activist and motivational speaker, a unique cookbook and inspiring guide that combines 80 delicious, wholesome, super-powered plant-based recipes with a "7 points of power" manifesto to inspire the next generation of leaders toward self-reflection, critical thinking, and unlearning toxic ideas. Nominee, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work With sharp insight into modern politics and family dynamics, taboos around mental illness, and our inescapable relationship to the past, Fencing with the King asks how we contend with inheritance: familial and cultural, hidden and openly contested. In a sibling rivalry that carries ancient echoes, the Hamdan brothers must face a reckoning, with themselves and with each other-one that almost costs Amani her life. Her words hint at a long-kept family secret, carefully guarded by Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King, who has quite personal reasons for inviting his brother to the birthday party. Her father’s past is a mystery to her-even more so since she found a poem on blue airmail paper slipped into one of his old Arabic books, written by his mother, a Palestinian refugee who arrived in Jordan during World War I. The King of Jordan is turning 60! How better to celebrate the occasion than with his favorite pastime-fencing-and with his favorite sparring partner, Gabriel Hamdan, who must be enticed back from America, where he lives with his wife and his daughter, Amani.Īmani, a divorced poet, jumps at the chance to accompany her father to his homeland for the King’s birthday. One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the MonthĪ mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. |