Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.īut six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever-a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. The only thing Julie receives is a key-one carried by her mother on the day she herself died-to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister. Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. Juliet, an ambitious, utterly engaging historical novel on the scale of The Thirteenth Tale and The Birth of Venus, follows a young woman who discovers that her family’s origins reach all the way back to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.
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Will he ever find the hug he needs? Using only the single word "hug" throughout the book, this simple, endearing story is told through Jez Alborough's gorgeous, detailed artwork.īY (AUTHOR) Alborough, Jez, ILLUSTRATED BY Alborough, JezĪ tiny chimp invokes the universal language, uniting his friends in a group hug to end all group hugs. Walking through the jungle he passes lots of creatures enjoying a cuddle together: elephants, chameleons, lions, giraffes, hippos – even the snakes have got someone special to squeeze. Just try to resist Jez Alborough's latest charmer!Įver feel like you need a hug? A really big hug from someone who loves you? That's how Bobo, the little chimp in this book, feels. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processesĪ tiny chimp invokes the universal language, uniting his friends in a group hug to end all group hugs. Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2023.Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. A witty, entertaining, impassioned guide to perfect punctuation, for everyone who cares about precise writing. 'If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood.' Frank McCourt The international bestseller, reissued and with a new introduction. EDMUND MORRIS, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW About the Author:īook Description Paperback. "Truss’s scholarship is impressive and never dry." "If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I’d nominate her for sainthood." "Lynne Truss makes a joy to contemplate." It’s the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don’t care enough." "This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. "Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service." "Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty." Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW, BEST BOOKS OF 2004: NONFICTION Praise for Lynne Truss and Eats, Shoots & Leaves:Įats, Shoots & Leaves "makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. The legendary last-stand heroism of King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans deserved more than a repetitive, impenetrable compendium of scholarly knowledge with no regard to dramatic storytelling.Įver since I read the great Civil War histories of Bruce Catton and Shelby Foote, I’ve come to appreciate that the best, most readable history books address their subjects with a novelist’s gift for character and story. I dare you to hack your way through Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World by Paul Cartledge. Too often, history is written in a dry and academic way. Having read a lot of history books, I’m not easy to please. So, “The Battle of Midway” is right up my alley. I confess that most of my recreational reading time is spent devouring history, especially military history: tales of Lord Nelson’s navy, the American Civil War, World War One aviation, and the great battles of World War Two. When I read a good book this year, I’ll post a book report on this blog - and The Battle of Midway by Craig L. And since I’m in no longer in danger of being graded by Sister Philomena, it’s time to rehabilitate the book report. Now that I’m out of school and read mostly for pleasure, I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for books I’ve read. Book reports are one of the scourges of youth.Įven if you enjoyed reading the book that you were assigned in grade school, or that you read in some summer reading program, the book report was always hanging over you. In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe), Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine, co-written by Edzard Ernst) and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (about mathematical ideas and theorems hidden in episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama). Simon Lehna Singh, MBE (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. There’s a large cast of relatable characters, all part of the Casey family or connected with them. Grown-Ups is Marian Keyes at her best with all that I love about her books. When one of the wives, Cara, gets concussed, she suddenly blurts out some secrets which not only shock everyone but reveal rather a lot of home truths and show the family to be not quite as perfect as it seemed… On the face of it, they are one big happy family but there are unspoken tensions simmering away underneath. This family spends a lot of time together at birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and so on. Grown Ups follows the three bothers in the Casey family, Johnny, Ed and Liam, and their wives and various offspring. It is always such a treat when a new Marian Keyes book comes out and her latest absolutely did not disappoint! ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. The Introduction gives a brief account of the poets, and explanatory Notes on the texts will be found at the end. It is not merely a selection but covers all the surviving poems and intelligible fragments, apart from the works of Pindar and Bacchylides, and includes a number of pieces not previously translated. This new poetic translation by a leading expert captures the nuances of meaning and the whole spirit of this poetry as never before. The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BC – Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest – produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity, perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived. For a second or two, I fool myself into believing. Every time the phone displays a number I don’t know. Every time a message arrives in my inbox. Every time someone looks at me for a beat too long. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Įvery time the doorbell rings, I think it might be A. "A story that is always alluring, oftentimes humorous and much like love itself- splendorous." - Los Angeles Times In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another Day: What is a soul? And what makes us human? Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to - and what it's like to discover that you are not alone in the world. A always thought there wasn't anyone else who had a life like this.Ī has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Every day a new choice.įor as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Every Day, now a major motion picture starring Angourie Rice.Įvery day a new body. ‘OMG The queen of killer twists has done it again!!!!. Why readers are gripped by The Perfect Family: If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Sisterthis book is for you. Relieved to have her youngest child back in her arms, breathing in the sweet scent of her hair, Gemma thinks the nightmare is over.īut then her perfect family starts to fall apart.Īnd she realises it’s only just beginning…įrom the top ten bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Child Next Door, this completely addictive psychological thriller of secrets, lies and betrayal will make you gasp out loud at the heart-stopping final twist. Frantic with fear, Gemma starts a nail-biting search for her little girl.Īfter what feels like forever, her mother-in-law Diane finds Katie wandering lost a few streets away. And her six-year-old daughter has disappeared. Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.įed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she's never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her - until she discovers that he's completely unavailable. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn't earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother's former nurse, the little half-brother isn't allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. 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