![]() ![]() By 1594 Shakespeare had become a member and part owner of an acting company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, where he soon became the company's principal playwright. Some time before 1592, he left his family to take up residence in London, … More where he began acting and writing plays and poetry. He probably developed an interest in theatre by watching plays performed by traveling players in Stratford while still in his youth. ![]() At 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the 27-year-old daughter of a local farmer, and they had their first daughter six months later. ![]() He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, son of John Shakespeare, a prosperous merchant and local politician and Mary Arden, who had the wealth to send their oldest son to Stratford Grammar School. William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding William Shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ‘Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium’ The New York Times Praise for the award-winning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series: When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession it sends Armand on a desperate search for the truth that will take him from the top of the Tour Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives.Īnd as Armand begins to uncover the secrets his godfather has kept hidden for decades, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and deceit that threatens to destroy everything – and everyone – he holds dear.įor even the City of Light casts long shadows. ![]() But the evening ends in horror when Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Armand is convinced is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on an elderly man’s life. On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Louise Penny’s much loved hero confronts a dark plot lurking beneath the elegant facades of Paris – lose yourself in the breathtaking new crime thriller by the #1 bestselling author ‘Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times’ DENISE MINA ![]() ‘She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes’ THE TIMES ![]() ![]() Simon and the Cobb family become friends, and through them he meets Justin, who works in Battersea Castle, just across the river, and then discovers that his old friend from childhood, Sophie, is working as a ladies’ maid at the castle. Cobb, whose shop is near the school, and is soon working for him. He gives Simon a test, and soon admits him as a student. Furneaux, is also puzzled by the disappearance of Dr. Simon rents the apartment, and makes his way to the art academy, where the director, Dr. He’s soon entangled with the young girl Dido Twite, who takes a liking to him and his donkey, and seems to know more than she’s telling about Dr. Field, who had written to Simon that he was living there, but clues make Simon think there’s more to the story. When he finds it, he discovers an empty top floor apartment, and the Twites know nothing about any Dr. Field above the Twite family in London’s East End near the Thames. ![]() As this book opens, Simon and his donkey are in London looking for the rented flat of Dr. Field, a medical doctor but also a man studying to be a painter, and he saw talent for painting in Simon and encouraged him to come stay with him in London so he could take lessons at the same art academy. In “Wolves,” he brought the two girls in that story to London, and they met Dr. ![]() ![]() This is the second book of Aiken’s “Wolves Chronicles,” a sequel of sorts to “The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.” It follows Simon, the boy from the first book who lives in the woods on his own. ![]() ![]() Sarcastic, nerdy individualism-with a hint of buried sweetness-will make readers want to spend more time with her., "The book dresses up teen-identity issues in midnight-black humor and piles on so much persistent weirdness that oddball outsiders, goths in training, and other subversive types will find themselves positively smirking with glee."-, "The book dresses up teen-identity issues in midnight-black humor and piles on so much persistent weirdness that oddball outsiders, goths in training, and other subversive types will find themselves positively smirking with glee."-, sarcastic, nerdy individualism-with a hint of buried sweetness-will make readers want to spend more time with her., "A highly enjoyable read that will appeal to both readers new to the series and Emily fans alike."- School Library Journal "There's no doubting the lighthearted but darkly hued creativity on display. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her mother was the only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse. Her father was the second-eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. ![]() As her father was in the Royal Navy, she spent much of her early c Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria), previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh, was a British Princess by birth and Romanian Queen by marriage. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 15 December 1875 and her godparents were the Empress and Tsarevitch of Russia, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Princess of Wales and the Duke of Connaught. ![]() Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria), previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh, was a British Princess by birth and Romanian Queen by marriage. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a physical big deal, too: 6 foot 3, with the frame of a former athlete. I’d never met a poet before, much less a very-big-deal one. Recognizing my father among the VIPs, Dickey approached, hand outstretched, grinning. As the ground shook beneath our feet, I watched as an armadillo, a creature that has been around for about 35 million years and was no doubt thinking, Again?, grumpily waddled out of the marsh in search of less apocalyptic quarters. Life magazine had commissioned the poetry consultant to the Library of Congress-America’s de facto poet laureate before we officially had one-to commemorate the occasion with a poem. The occasion of that meeting was the launch of Apollo 7 in 1968 at Cape Kennedy, in Florida. ![]() Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ![]() ![]() Now Earl’s health is failing, and our increasingly misanthropic narrator must contend with the fact that once Earl dies, he will be completely alone. Earl is the only person in town with whom he can truly be himself. For the last twenty years, he has been visiting Earl to watch classic films together and critique the neighbors. With gallows humor, he chronicles the indignities of growing old in a small town.Īt the heart of the novel is the story of his friendship with Earl, whom he met cruising at the local boat ramp. The nameless narrator is a gay man who moved to Florida to look after his aging parents-during the height of the AIDS epidemic-and has found himself unable to leave after their deaths. The Kingdom of Sand is a poignant tale of desire and dread-Andrew Holleran’s first new book in sixteen years. ![]() One of the great appeals of Florida has always been the sense that the minute you get here you have permission to collapse. ![]() ![]() He sat up, gazed around the tawdry room, put his hand to his forehead, and sighing deeply, fell back onto the bed. It was purely a reflex action, for when he saw the time he was only confused. Suddenly he opened his eyes again and looked at the watch on his wrist. In utter comfort, utter relaxation he lay absolutely still for a while, and then sank back into one of the light momentary sleeps that occur after a long, profound one. He was somewhere, he had come back through vast regions from nowhere there was the certitude of an infinite sadness at the core of his consciousness, but the sadness was reassuring, because it alone was familiar. If he had not the energy to ascertain his position in time and space, he also lacked the desire. ![]() ![]() The room meant very little to him he was too deeply immersed in the nonbeing from which he had just come. In the process, the veneer of their lives is peeled back under the author’s psychological inquiry.Įach man’s destiny is personal only insofar as it may happen to resemble what is already in his memory ![]() The desert is itself a character in The Sheltering Sky, the most famous of Bowles’ books, which is about three young Americans of the postwar generation who go on a walkabout into Northern Africa’s own arid heart of darkness. American novelist and short-story writer, poet, translator, classical music composer, and filmscorer Paul Bowles has lived as an expatriate for more than 40 years in the North African nation of Morocco, a country that reaches into the vast and inhospitable Sahara Desert. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface - and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.įifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. In Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts (now in paperback), a best-selling author interviews a woman whose older sister was allegedly possessed by ghosts at the age of 14. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. ![]() As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. ![]() ![]() In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to seek opportunities elsewhere. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. Ladydi Garcia Martínez is fierce, funny and smart. When you register for this event, you agree to share your information with both organizations.Ī haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroine. This event is presented by Mexico Now! in collaboration with The Center for Fiction. An Irish Times Book of the Year, the novel was also a finalist for the PEN/ Faulkner Prize. Prayers for the Stolen provides an illuminating portrait of women in rural Mexico, where drug lords are kings and daughters are in constant danger. In partnership with The Center for Fiction, Celebrate Mexico Now! invites you to be part of an intimate conversation about the novel with author Jennifer Clement moderated by Mexican journalist and writer Naief Yehya. Jennifer Clement lives in Mexico City and was president of PEN Mexico during a time when Mexico became one of the most dangerous places in the world to practice journalism, and also a place where the news media routinely represses information. ![]() This is the horrific reality behind the acclaimed novel by American-Mexican writer Jennifer Clement, Prayers for the Stolen. Some become the slave-mistresses of drug lords and their armies of assassins. ![]() Every day in the most dangerous states of Mexico, adolescent girls and young women are abducted from bus stops and schoolyards. ![]() |