![]() ![]() What Williams is good at is love (and, relatedly, sex), which is what powered her debut, Overseas, past what could have been a clunky time-travel setup. Only now ex-fianc Nick and ex-bestie Budgie are Mr. Williams alternates between Lily and Nick's 1931 courtship and the summer of 1938, when Lily returns to Seaview, the Rhode Island beach redoubt where the Byrnes and Danes have always summered. ![]() ![]() It's through Budgie that Lily meets Nicholson Greenwald, handsome, smart, charming, loyal, and, in that time and place, inconveniently half Jewish. Born into post-Depression New York society, innocent, steadfast Lily Dane and fast, jazzy Budgie Byrne are best friends. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, the first-edition dust jacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. To Kill a Mockingbird was first published in 1960 the hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. Second, the dust jacket was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice.First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection. ![]() It is not known whether Smith is living or dead, which would be needed to measure a copyright term of the author's life plus a set number of years.) (There is very little information online about Shirley Smith this presents a possible problem for use of the image in countries that do not recognize the rule of the shorter term. The credit "Jacket design by Shirley Smith" is found on the left jacket flap. Description To Kill a Mockingbird (first edition cover).jpgįirst-edition cover of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by the American author Harper Lee. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Guardians of the Galaxy” has always thumbed its nose at convention, cannily corralling leftover comic book characters. Instead the writer/director has turned the most mirthful of MCU properties into the most meaningful of bonding experiences - “Let’s go save our friend!” is the battle cry - where even supposed villains can join in a group hug. He could have made this trilogy capper another comic romp like the first two volumes. ![]() ![]() James Gunn, the anarchistic creator of the smart-ass “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, wouldn’t have it any other way. It says something about the current state of superhero movies that the fate of a small frightened raccoon makes a stronger tug on the heart than any imperilled person or planet in the relentless Marvel Cinematic Universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ken Liu's new Dandelion Dynasty book, The Veiled Throne, is more than a thousand pages long. ![]() Every choice made on the page becomes about reach and scope and eternity, playing with lives like grains of sand and time on a calendar that can measure centuries. When you sit down to write an epic, you are taking the fates of millions into your hands. It begins as an epic, has to keep that flame burning on every page, and cross the finish line with worlds having been shattered and forever changed. An epic is an epic right from the very start. ![]() Because those kinds of series? You can taste the small ambition in them right from the very start.Īnd I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing, just a different thing. Not to write one book that sees some success and becomes two or three or ten. I can't imagine the kind of courage it takes to set out to write an epic. The Veiled Throne, by Ken Liu / Gallery/Saga Press ![]() ![]() ![]() But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first love. and the heartache that followed after they broke up. Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Hill. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes- both mental and physical- he experienced once his transition began. ![]() In this revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. He had been born in the body of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sight. We've all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and we've all been told that "it's just a part of growing up." But for Arin Andrews, it wasn't a phase that would pass. Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning memoir. The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen ![]() ![]() ![]() His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. The Giving Tree is a meaningful gift for milestone events such as graduations, birthdays, and baby showers. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. ![]() ![]() This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.Įvery day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk.and the tree was happy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. "Once there was a tree.and she loved a little boy." This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is ultimately about the power and danger of rumour how believing in whispered half-truths or lies can create the devils you fear. Here, I appreciated the messages that emerged at the very end, but the story of the whales hunting Toby Wick (yes, it's a retelling of Moby-Dick from the perspective of a whale) almost put me to sleep. In Release, I really enjoyed the emotional chapters about a teenage boy coming to terms with his sexuality in a deeply religious family, but the weird magical realism chapters did nothing for me. That being said, his experimental style doesn't always work for me. ![]() And The Knife of Never Letting Go is still one of my all time favourites. That's why I will keep reading his books. He doesn't care for tropes or trends he simply looks to tell an interesting and unique story. I've definitely said this before but I'd like to stress it again: I love that Patrick Ness gets creative. An interesting message but, unfortunately, it seems no amount of interesting messages can make a story about a pod of whales not boring. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chavender is described as a typical politician, who "could be trusted to talk and say nothing, to thump the table and do nothing". In the Cabinet Room the Prime Minister meets various advisers, members of his family, a mysterious female doctor, and deputations from the people. The Liberal Prime minister, Sir Arthur Chavender, is having to find a way to deal with the problem. In the near future Britain is descending into social chaos as a result of economic collapse. Webb later noted that Shaw's enthusiasm had abated after Mosley became associated more with Nazism than with Italian-style Fascism. Beatrice Webb described it as a "painfully incoherent tirade" in which "he said nothing in particular except for the laudation of Oswald Mosley as the 'man of the future'". Shaw had recently given a lecture entitled "In Praise of Guy Fawkes" in which he had spoken very positively of British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley. The figure of the Prime Minister recalls that of Ramsay MacDonald, who was running the National Government at the time it was written. The play was written in the midst of the Depression, and shortly after Hitler had come to power in Germany. It is noted for its evidence of Shaw's political evolution towards apparent support for dictatorship. The entire play is set in the Cabinet Room of 10 Downing Street. ![]() On the Rocks: A Political Comedy (1932) is a play by George Bernard Shaw which deals with the social crisis of the Great Depression. 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