![]() ![]() But as the title suggests, She Who Became the Sun isn’t about a boy named Zhu Yuanzhang who rises from his peasant origins to rule a united China it’s about a girl who does the same. Shelley Parker-Chan’s new novel She Who Became the Sun lays claim to the story of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang. ![]() ![]() In the case of a story based on a person from history or myth, the discussion broadens: is ownership even a useful concept in that case? If a real-life person’s story fundamentally belongs only to that person, can that story be re-written, re-envisioned, transformed-and in the process, does it evolve into a new story, with a new answer to whose story it has become? Who do stories belong to? Some would say a story belongs to the author who wrote it, and copyright law would back up that interpretation, at least for the first 75 years after publication. ![]()
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![]() Ning survived the Shennong-shi competition but her life is in no less mortal danger. More than tea is brewing as feuds create more troubles and obstacles to a much needed victory.Ī Venom Dark and Sweet is the exciting conclusion of Ms. Along with the other challenges of the competition, Ning might be in mortal danger. ![]() There is also a handsome and mysterious boy who harbors a shocking secret. This is her first competition so she isn’t prepared for the bloody politics in court and the backstabbing amongst competitors. The winner of the kingdom’s greatest Shennong-shi will receive from the crown princess a magical favor, which could be Ning’s only chance to save her sister, Shu. Ning lost her mother when she unknowingly gave her a poison tea and her sister’s life is hanging in the balance from the same poison. It is likely the only chance to save her sister, Shu. This is more than a simple contest for her. Ning travels to the imperial city to compete with masters of the ancient, venerated art of tea making. ![]() Blending magic and Chinese tea to create the first novel, A Magic Steeped in Poison, we are introduced to the world the ancient and magical art of Shennong-shi- tea making. Lin is an exciting new author with the fascinating, highly praised Book of Tea “duology” of stories for Young Adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nick and Charlie are characters from my debut novel, Solitaire. I really hope you like it! The second/concluding part will come later this week.īook Depository (ships internationally): ![]() The series is an expanded adaptation of Oseman's 2015 novella, Nick and Charlie, although the characters originally appeared. It follows the lives of Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring as they meet and fall in love. ![]() Please read the introduction for a full explanation of what the hell this is!Īnd before you ask: you do NOT need to know anything about D:BH to read and enjoy this AU comic. Heartstopper is an ongoing young adult LGBTQ+ graphic novel and webcomic series written and illustrated by British author Alice Oseman. Heartstopper x Detroit Become Human AU, part 1 of 2! ![]() ![]() ![]() Alyss flees from her aunt, spending many years in exile before returning to Wonderland to re-establish her rule with the use of White Imagination. Their happiness is broken up by the reintroduction of the Queen's mother, Redd, who comes back to Wonderland to claim the throne she believes is rightfully her own. The book opens with Alyss at age seven, living in a palace in Wonderland with her parents, the King and Queen. As it turns out, Lewis Carroll had it all wrong! Alyss Heart is heir to the Wonderland throne but circumstances have caused her to seek refuge in our world for a time. The Looking Glass Wars is the first in a trilogy of books describing what "really" happened to Alice from Wonderland. I'm trying to keep February a relatively light and fluffy month for books and this book fit the bill. I've been eye-balling this book on my shelf for some months, wanting to pull it down and read it. ![]() It's been several years since I read The Looking Glass Wars, by Frank Beddor and when I read it I didn't have much to say about it other than I loved it. ![]() ![]() ![]() But time is quickly running out, and as Ella's trail grows fainter, the wolves are becoming startlingly real. She must return to her sleepy hometown in order to find Ella and keep her hallucinations at bay before they strike again. Delusion or reality, Claire knows she has to hold true to the most important promise she's ever made: to keep Ella safe. After her little sister mysteriously vanishes, seventeen-year-old Claire Graham has a choice to make: stay snug in her little corner of Manhattan with her dropout boyfriend, or go back to Ohio to face the hometown tragedy she's been dying to leave behind.īut the memories of that night still haunt her in the city, and as hard as she tries to forget what her psychiatrist calls her "delusions," Claire can't seem to escape the wolf's eyes or the blood-speckled snow. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are compesinos and rich people, guerrillas and fortune-tellers, great beauties and tyrants, the foreign rendered indelibly familiar. Make it up for me." And so she does, giving Rolf Carlé and the reader twenty-three vibrant, enchanting demonstrations of her artistry. "Tell me a story you have never told anyone before. Lying in bed with Eva Luna, he asks her to tell him a story. We begin with Rolf Carlé, the European refugee, journalist, and lover who figured so largely in Eva Luna. A treasure trove of brilliantly crafted tales, the book showed us once again why Eva Luna and her much-celebrated creator have won such a large and devoted readership. ![]() ![]() Her most ambitious novel up to that time, Eva Luna was described by the Washington Post as "a cascade of stories tumbles out before the reader, stories vivid, passionate and human." Returning to this tale by popular demand, Allende unveiled The Stories of Eva Luna in 1991. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna, in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds friendship, love, and some measure of worldly success through her powers as a storyteller. Isabel Allende now ranks as one of the world's most beloved authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Artists are encouraged to explore their style, play with color, practice brush techniques, and paint everyday objects throughout the pages of this delightful sketchbook. Also included are ten QR codes linked to Jenna's most popular YouTube tutorials for painting flowers, trees, leaves, cats, and creating unique patterns and color palettes.įorty sheets of premium Italian watercolor paper are mostly blank, with a few pieces of Jenna's art sprinkled throughout to inspire you. ![]() This sketchbook from bestselling author Jenna Rainey is your portable playground-whatever your experience level.Ī letter of encouragement from Jenna, tips on choosing pigments and brushes, and a list of prompts for sketching and painting will help get the creative juices flowing. Experimentation and practice lead to discovery and mastery. SATSUKI SHIBUYA watercolor artist Informationen zum Autor Jenna Rainey Klappentext A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational. Part of the joy of painting with watercolor is that the medium necessitates play. ![]() Strengthen your watercolor skills with this inspirational sketchbook featuring premium-quality paper, QR codes linked to video tutorials, and prompts to elevate your art, from the author of Everyday Watercolor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From the 1860s onwards, there had been organized campaigns in Britain directed towards gaining educational, legal and political rights for women, and at removing the restrictions that limited their employment. With or without the influence of his mother, it is more than likely that Wilde would have been aware of a number of the significant debates about women’s rights which were underway in the last few decades of the nineteenth century. No longer would a woman enter marriage ‘as a bond slave, disenfranchised of all rights over her fortune’. ![]() ![]() She regarded the passing of the 1882 Married Women’s Property Rights Act, which gave married woman a legal identity, and hence the right to enter into contracts and to buy and sell their own separate property, as the inauguration of ‘a new era in English and Irish social life’. Jane Wilde was vocal in her support for better education for women, and her hostility to the sexual double standard in all its forms. As the son of a woman long noted for her fervent and constant advocacy of women’s rights, Oscar Wilde was well acquainted with late-nineteenth-century feminist discussions and debates. ![]() ![]() ![]() I never felt sorry for the bombing of Dresden. ![]() Notes on reading and why I wrote this short review: He felt that the rape of a girl by soldiers was her fault and that it would be best if women just stayed at home as when they were out they were too much of a temptation to some men. ![]() I mentioned in the Notes on Reading that the author was an extreme misogynist. Possibly their main regret was that they hadn't done it first. Their thirst for revenge and anger at the Emperor were extreme. They were totally devastated up to and including suicide over the decision of the Emperor to cede victory and urged him to revenge their nation, even if they all died. This cheered the patients in the hospital up immensely who wanted greater use of nuclear warheads against America. Within a few days there was the "news" that Japan had used nuclear bombs on the West Coast of America, and the cities were destroyed and that the people were either killed or suffering. The attitude of the Japanese to being bombed was one I could not have imagined. it was a personal diary, not one written with an eye to publication. ![]() After the bombing of Hiroshima, the author acting as both a doctor and patient in a hospital now devoted to the victims of radiation sickness decided to keep a diary. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin’s exterior, and she knows she’s the only one who can calm him when he erupts. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin-any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin’s inpenetrable facade to the core-and then Tessa suffers a tragedy-will they stick together again, or be torn apart? As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it’s clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. #HESSA It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they’ve faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. Experience the Internet’s most talked-about book for yourself! Tessa and Hardin have defied all the odds, but will their fairy tale ending be turned on its head? After Ever Happy…Life will never be the same. ![]() ![]() Book Four of the After series-now newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd’s After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated readers across the globe. ![]() |